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1247713

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Coronavirus
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 extending the uplift to universal credit beyond April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	110117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The temporary £20 per week increase to Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits was introduced specifically to provide support to those who have seen their income fall as a result of the pandemic. This is just one part of a wide-ranging package of support the Government has provided to protect people's jobs and incomes. We are continuing to respond to the economic situation as it evolves and are keeping all measures under review. <br> <br> Making the £20 per week increase permanent would require a substantial ongoing increase in borrowing or tax rises, with 2020-21 spending on working-age benefits set to be the highest since records began as a share of national income.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 05/11/2020 13:46:09 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1247717

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether covid-19 grants allocated to businesses will be classed as income for the 2020-21 financial year irrespective of when those moneys were received.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	110264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>Grant income received by a business is taxable. COVID-19 grants allocated to businesses should be considered by businesses in line with standard accounting principles, and treated as income in the appropriate accounting period. Only businesses which make an overall profit once grant income is included will be subject to tax.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/11/2020 16:13:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1247725

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Directors: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason financial assistance was not offered to limited company directors during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	110123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government has not taken a principled stance against support for company owner-managers who pay themselves via dividends. Income from dividends is a return on investment in the company, rather than wages. Under current reporting mechanisms it is not possible for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to distinguish between dividends derived from an individual’s own company and dividends from other sources, and between dividends in lieu of employment income and as returns from other corporate activity.</p><p> </p><p>This means, unlike announced support schemes which use information HMRC already hold, targeting additional support would require owner-managers to make a claim and submit information that HMRC could not efficiently or consistently verify to ensure payments were made to eligible companies for eligible activity.  This is about identifying what is operationally feasible, managing technical complexities and fraud risks, and ensuring that other forms of support the Government has already committed to are delivered in a timely way.</p><p> </p><p>The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme continues to be just one element of a comprehensive package of support for individuals and businesses. This package includes Bounce Back loans, tax deferrals, rental support, increased levels of Universal Credit, mortgage holidays, and other business support grants.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/11/2020 16:11:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1247767

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications to the Self Employment Income Support Scheme from self-employed workers have been refused.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	110062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>The SEISS continues to be one of the most generous self-employed COVID-19 support schemes in the world.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not refuse applications for the scheme. People are either eligible to apply for SEISS and, based on the information held by HMRC given access to the service, or they are ineligible and not given access. Eligibility is based strictly on the criteria set by the Chancellor.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, HMRC actively monitor claims for evidence of risk/fraudulent behaviour. Where HMRC sees this type of compliance risk, HMRC rejects the claim.</p><p> </p><p>The Winter Economy Plan set out a package of targeted measures in response to the current economic context, which will enable businesses to protect jobs, and manage their finances in the face of reduced or uncertain demand. This includes the extension of the temporary VAT reduced rate for hospitality and tourism, extending the application window of the access to finance schemes, and further support for employees and the self-employed, through a Job Support Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) Grant Extension.</p><p> </p><p>The SEISS is one element of a comprehensive package of support for individuals and businesses. This package includes Bounce Back loans, tax deferrals, rental support, mortgage holidays, and other business support grants. On 8 July, the Government also introduced the new Plan for Jobs which will make available up to £30 billion to assist in creating, supporting and protecting jobs.</p><p> </p><p>More information about the full range of business support measures is available at www.gov.uk/government/collections/financial-support-for-businesses-during-coronavirus-covid-19.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/11/2020 15:29:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1247768

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employed: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the level of financial support available to self-employed people to 70 per cent of their annual profits.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	110046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the impact that the changing path of the virus has had on self-employed individuals and has taken action to increase the level of assistance available through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) Grant Extension.</p><p> </p><p>The overall level of the third SEISS grant has been increased to 80 per cent of average trading profits, meaning that the maximum grant available has now increased to £7,500. This provides equivalent support to the self-employed as is provided to employees through the Government contribution in the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will also be paying out this grant more quickly by bringing forward the SEISS 3 claims window from 14 December to 30 November.</p><p>This will provide an estimated £7.3bn of support to the self-employed through November to January alone, with a further grant to follow covering February to April. This places the SEISS among the most generous schemes for the self-employed in the world.</p><p> </p><p>The SEISS continues to be just one element of a comprehensive package of financial support for the self-employed. The Government has temporarily increased the Universal Credit standard allowance for 2020-21 and relaxed the Minimum Income Floor for the duration of the pandemic meaning that where self-employed claimants' earnings have significantly fallen, their Universal Credit award will have increased to reflect their lower earnings. In addition to this, the self-employed may also have access to other elements of the package, including tax deferrals, rental support, mortgage holidays, and other business support grants.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/11/2020 13:20:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1247769

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employed: Coronavirus
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 monthly cost of providing self-employed people seeking financial support with 70 per cent of their annual profits.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	110047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>The second SEISS grant was given at 70 per cent of three months of profits. Claims for this up to 30 September 2020 amounted to £5.7 billion in total, which is £1.9 billion per month.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/11/2020 15:24:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1247786

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Transport for London: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions the Government has had with (a) the Scottish Government, (b) the Welsh Government and (c) the Northern Ireland Executive on the disbursement of Barnett consequentials resulting from the extraordinary funding and financing package for Transport for London announced on 1 November 2020.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	110166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>Any additional funding provided to the Department for Transport to support Transport for London will result in Barnett consequentials for the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p>As is the normal process, changes to departmental and devolved administrations’ funding will be confirmed at Supplementary Estimates.</p><p /><p>Therefore, to give the devolved administrations the upfront certainty to plan and deliver their coronavirus response, we have guaranteed they will receive at least £14bn in additional funding this year on top of their Spring Budget funding. This means a total increase this year of at least £7.2bn for the Scottish Government, £4.4 billion for the Welsh Government, and £2.4 bn for the Northern Ireland Executive.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 05/11/2020 13:43:00 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

1247793

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Union Learning Fund: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of continuing finance for the Union Learning Fund to provide support for workers affected by the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	110167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>My officials continually consider assessments of the value for money of public spending.</p><p> </p><p>The government has provided unprecedented support for jobs, and remains committed to investing in adult skills and retraining. The Plan for Jobs provided funding for skills and training to help workers affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, and the forthcoming Spending Review will confirm details of the National Skills Fund to help more people learn new skills and prepare for the jobs of the future.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 05/11/2020 13:47:36 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1247799

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bowling: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether bowling centres, once they are allowed to reopen, will be afforded the same substantive reduction of VAT on ticket sales that was put in place for cinemas, theme parks and other competitor businesses during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	110080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>The temporary reduced rate of VAT for hospitality and tourism was introduced on 15 July to support the cash flow and viability of businesses in the hospitality and tourism sectors which have been severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Hospitality for the purposes of this relief includes the supply of food and non-alcoholic beverages from restaurants, cafes and pubs for consumption on these premises. It also includes the supply of hot food and non-alcoholic hot beverages to takeaway. Where a bowling alley provides such hospitality, it will benefit from the reduced rate, although admission to a bowling alley itself is not eligible.</p><p> </p><p>Admission charges that entitle a person to participate in events where the primary focus is a sporting activity will not generally be eligible for the reduced rate. However, if businesses are in any doubt about whether they are supplying sporting facilities they should consult the consult VAT Notice 701/45 on <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fsport-supplies-that-are-vat-exempt-notice-70145&amp;data=04%7C01%7Crosanna.brown%40hmrc.gov.uk%7C7b390806b32e41a1ecc708d880b015e6%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C637400841049540481%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=gztK%2BXWZ2ysDTfM%2FDjx5v6Rou8gDkC7G71xNxyRPyBo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/11/2020 15:23:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1247815

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding has been returned to his Department from the Northern Ireland Executive in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
uin	110278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text The Statement of Funding Policy sets out the amount that the Northern Ireland Executive is able to put through Budget Exchange, which allows the Executive to carry over underspends from one year to the next. A limit of 0.6% Resource DEL and 1.5% Capital DEL can be carried forward in any year. Any underspends in excess of these limits will be forfeited unless exceptionally agreed otherwise with HM Treasury.<p><strong> </strong></p>The Northern Ireland Executive publishes information on underspends in end of year accounts and underspends for the past 5 years are published here: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/dfp/FOI%20DOF%202020-0091%20Response.pdf<p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 05/11/2020 13:44:35 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood