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1659044

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	Research and Development Expenditure Credit: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of expanding research and development tax relief to include capital equipment relating to industrial decarbonisation.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Dr Jamie Wallis
uin	198407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government provides a Research &amp; Development Allowance (RDA) which gives relief for capital expenditure on R&amp;D incurred by a trader. This includes plant, machinery and buildings used for R&amp;D activity.</p><p>In 2021, the Government previously consulted on targeting the R&amp;D tax reliefs towards R&amp;D with specific social value, for example green technology. It was noted that differentiated tax relief for specific R&amp;D would increase complexity and compliance costs, widen the scope for abuse, and could be less effective than direct government spending.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/09/2023 16:05:06 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4766 label Biography information for Dr Jamie Wallis

1659071

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	Treasury: Gyms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on gym (a) facilities and (b) equipment in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	198323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2023 answer text <p>No costs have been incurred by the Treasury in relation to gym facilities and equipment, as gym services are provided by a private contractor and funded through memberships.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 15/09/2023 10:22:07 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1659085

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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to respond to correspondence of (a) 7 July 2023 and (b) 8 August 2023 from the hon. Member for Bolton South East, case reference YQ28262.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	198366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) received this correspondence on 20 July and 11 August 2023. They apologise for the delay in replying which has been due to a system error with their digital mail service.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC telephoned the Honourable Member’s office on 08 September 2023 to discuss the correspondence and to provide an update on their investigations.</p><p> </p><p>They aim to reply as quickly as possible and by 18 September 2023.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/09/2023 14:39:53 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1659160

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	Bank Services: Selby and Ainsty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to help secure free access to cash withdrawals and deposit facilities in Selby and Ainsty constituency.
tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
tabling member printed	Keir Mather
uin	198458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The government believes that all customers, wherever they live, should have appropriate access to banking and cash services.</p><p> </p><p>The government legislated through the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 to establish a new legislative framework to protect access to cash. This establishes the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as the lead regulator for access to cash and provides it with responsibility and powers to seek to ensure reasonable provision of cash withdrawal and deposit facilities across the UK, including free withdrawal and deposit facilities in relation to personal current accounts.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on opening and closing branches are a commercial issue, and the government does not intervene in these. However, under FCA guidance, firms are expected to carefully consider the impact of planned branch closures on the everyday banking and cash access needs of their customers and consider possible alternative access arrangements. This seeks to ensure that the implementation of closure decisions is undertaken in a way that treats customers fairly.</p><p> </p><p>Alternative options for access to banking can be via telephone banking, through digital means such as mobile or online banking, and the Post Office. The Post Office Banking Framework allows 99% of personal banking and 95% of business banking customers to deposit cheques, check their balance and withdraw and deposit cash at 11,500 Post Office branches in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 198459 question first answered 14/09/2023 15:09:59 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4993 label Biography information for Keir Mather

1659161

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	Banks: Selby and Ainsty
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 impact of bank closures on the financial vulnerability of people in Selby and Ainsty constituency.
tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
tabling member printed	Keir Mather
uin	198459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The government believes that all customers, wherever they live, should have appropriate access to banking and cash services.</p><p> </p><p>The government legislated through the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 to establish a new legislative framework to protect access to cash. This establishes the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as the lead regulator for access to cash and provides it with responsibility and powers to seek to ensure reasonable provision of cash withdrawal and deposit facilities across the UK, including free withdrawal and deposit facilities in relation to personal current accounts.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on opening and closing branches are a commercial issue, and the government does not intervene in these. However, under FCA guidance, firms are expected to carefully consider the impact of planned branch closures on the everyday banking and cash access needs of their customers and consider possible alternative access arrangements. This seeks to ensure that the implementation of closure decisions is undertaken in a way that treats customers fairly.</p><p> </p><p>Alternative options for access to banking can be via telephone banking, through digital means such as mobile or online banking, and the Post Office. The Post Office Banking Framework allows 99% of personal banking and 95% of business banking customers to deposit cheques, check their balance and withdraw and deposit cash at 11,500 Post Office branches in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 198458 question first answered 14/09/2023 15:09:59 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4993 label Biography information for Keir Mather

1659211

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	Treasury: Public Opinion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July to Question 193069 on Treasury: Deltapoll, on how many occasions between (a) 19-31 July 2022, (b) 1-31 August 2022, (c) 1-30 September 2022, (d) 1-31 October 2022, (e) 1-30 November 2022, (f) 1-31 December 2022, (g) 1-31 January 2023, (h) 1-28 February 2023, (i) 1-31 March 2023, (j) 1-30 April 2023, (k) 1-31 May 2023, (l) 1-30 June 2023, (m) 1-31 July 2023, and (n) 1-31 August 2023, was online polling activity carried out upon instruction from his Department; and which company was responsible for carrying out each online poll.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	198340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>From 18 July 2022 to present day, focus groups and online polling have been carried out by our insight providers, details of which are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk%2FSearch&amp;data=05%7C01%7CGemma.Taylor%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7Cc7a516cfac454508f18e08dbae0d0d41%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C638295143296075758%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=tbFJ98z%2FUhwNyC1kRZv9lUao8QCxrh8H9A4l%2BrdHof0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies grouped question UIN 198341 question first answered 12/09/2023 12:42:41 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

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

1658548

registered interest
date	06/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Office for Budget Responsibility: Standards
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 accuracy of forecasts made by the Office for Budget Responsibility since 2018.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	198008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>HMT supports the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) as the UK Government’s independent official forecaster. The OBR is required by law to provide an assessment of the accuracy of previous fiscal and economic forecasts at least once each financial year. The most recent OBR Forecast Evaluation Report (FER) was published in January 2023. It examined how the OBR’s March 2021 forecast for 2021-22 compared to subsequent outturn data and identified lessons for future forecasts. The OBR also published a report called “The OBR’s forecast performance” in August 2023 which reviewed its forecast performance since its establishment in 2010.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/09/2023 09:26:52 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1658556

registered interest
date	06/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Services: Vulnerable Adults
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 vulnerable individuals have access to (a) financial advice and (b) support with essential banking services.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	198104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government seeks to ensure that everyone can access useful support with their finances, including those in vulnerable circumstances. As part of this, the Government established the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) to provide people with comprehensive, consistent, guidance for each stage of their financial lives. MaPS offers resources to support consumers with a range of issues, including everyday money, benefits, financial difficulty, pensions and retirement, savings, and work.</p><p> </p><p>Building on its consumer vulnerability work, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has also introduced the Consumer Duty which raises the standard expected from firms for all customers.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury and the FCA are also working on a joint review of the regulatory boundary between financial advice and guidance with the aim of improving the support available to consumers with their financial decision-making.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 12/09/2023 10:36:17 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq