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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

1660044

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	Self-employed: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many self-employed people that did not file their tax returns on time were issued fines worth more than they originally owed in tax in the 2021-22 financial year; if he will (a) take steps to support self-employed people filing their tax returns and (b) make an assessment of the proportionality of fines issued to self-employed people for late filing of a tax return when there is no tax owing; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	199052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>HMRC cannot provide this information because data transfer and assurance processes between the live SA system and those used for analytical purposes are not yet complete for the year requested. In addition the penalty life cycle is not yet complete for 2021-22 and many late returns, which will inform Self Employment status and income, have not yet been submitted.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC issues SA tax returns to customers when the information they hold suggests that the customer meets the published criteria for completing one. HMRC often cannot determine someone’s tax liability until they have sent in a tax return, therefore they need the return to establish whether there is tax due or not.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC charges late final penalties to encourage customers to file on time but they can cancel a customer’s late filing penalty if they have a reasonable excuse. Customers can also ask HMRC to remove them from the SA process for future years if they no longer meet the criteria.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is currently reforming late payment and late filing penalties. Their aim is to encourage those who persistently default to comply with their tax obligations rather than penalise those who make occasional errors.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/09/2023 09:48:45 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1660070

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	Revenue and Customs: ICT and Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) major IT failures and (b) security breaches there have been at HMRC in each quarter since Q1 of 2022.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	198978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>(a) HMRC do not publish major IT failures in the public domain. Previously, HMRC have made announcements using online platforms such as GOV.UK and Twitter to update customers on services that have been impacted by an outage or an IT failure. Customers can also find out about downtime and technical issues with HMRC services via the GOV.UK platform - HMRC Service and Availability and Issues. Please see link here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hm-revenue-and-customs-service-availability-and-issues" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hm-revenue-and-customs-service-availability-and-issues</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(b) Information related to security breaches are published and can be found in the HMRC Annual Report and Accounts 2021/2022 and 2022/2023. Links to both reports can be found below:</p><ul><li>2021/2022 report - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-to-2022/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-to-2022--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-to-2022/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-to-2022--2</a></li><li>2022/2023 report - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023?&amp;utm_source=intranet&amp;utm_medium=internal&amp;utm_campaign=ara" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023?&amp;utm_source=intranet&amp;utm_medium=internal&amp;utm_campaign=ara</a></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/09/2023 16:40:25 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1660078

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	Whisky: 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 impact of the increase in alcohol duty on (a) economic growth and (b) job creation within the Scotch Whisky industry.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	199005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The potential impacts of the recent changes to alcohol duty rates were published at Spring Budget in HMRC’s Tax Information and Impact Note and can be found online: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-alcohol-duty-rates/alcohol-duty-rate-changes#summary-of-impacts.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is supporting Scotch Whisky. We have provided a series of cuts and freezes to alcohol duties in the past decade. Before Spring Budget 2023, the spirits industry has benefitted from cuts or freezes to spirits duty at eight out of the last nine fiscal events, since the end of the duty escalator for spirits in 2013. The most recent alcohol duty freeze from Autumn Budget 2021, including the extension to 1 August 2023, represented a total tax cut of £2.7 billion over the next four years.</p><p> </p><p>We have also undertaken the biggest reform of alcohol duties in 140 years and moved all alcohol products to being taxed based on their strength, narrowing the gap between spirits and still wine.</p><p> </p><p>Further, we have removed punitive tariffs on Scotch Whisky imposed on the US market and are committed to protecting the interests of Scotch Whisky in trading agreements, ensuring that they face lower tariffs for export, and that the unique characteristics and global reputation of Scotch is protected, as demonstrated recently in our free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand, and the CPTPP.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 18/09/2023 11:07:23 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1660113

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	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been prosecuted for fraud relating to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme as of 12 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	198998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>Ongoing criminal investigation activity by HMRC against the covid support schemes has been reported in HMRC’s annual report and accounts 2022-23, which can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023. This ongoing activity has yet to be concluded within the criminal justice system and is subject to those timescales.</p><p>As of 12 September 2023, there has been one prosecution resulting in a conviction for fraud related to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/09/2023 09:30:48 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1660118

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	Aviation: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to take steps to reduce aviation taxation on domestic flights.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	199021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>In April 2023, the Government halved the rate of APD on domestic flights in order to support UK-wide connectivity. The new domestic rate applies to all flights between airports in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and is set at £6.50 for economy passengers, half of the current short haul rate. This will benefit more than 10 million passengers in 2023/24.</p><p> </p><p>As with all taxes, the Government keeps APD under review and any changes are announced by the Chancellor at fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 19/09/2023 15:59:28 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1660145

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	National Insurance Contributions
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 calculating national insurance contributions using the combined income from multiple employers.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
uin	199225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>National Insurance Contributions (NICs) are assessed on a pay-period basis per each employment. Requiring the aggregation of earnings for NICs of people doing more than one job with multiple employers would be administratively complex, increasing the burden on employers.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government keeps all taxes, including NICs, under review.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/09/2023 09:45:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1660183

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	Dental Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for Primary Care and Public Health of 11 July 2023 during Health and Social Care oral questions, column 172, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the delivery of the NHS Dental Plan.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	199138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring people can access the health services they need.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2022, Government announced ‘Our plan for patients’ which sets out how we will increase access to NHS dental care in England, whilst making the NHS dental contract more attractive to dental practices to support the delivery. These changes have now been implemented.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care have regular discussions on a range of health and social care services.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/09/2023 09:46:48 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1660215

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	Development Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to implement the recommendations of the G20 Independent Review of Multilateral Development Banks’ Capital Adequacy Frameworks.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	199165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government is highly supportive of the recommendations of the G20 Independent Review of Multilateral Development Banks’ (MDBs) Capital Adequacy Frameworks, which is expected to unlock hundreds of billions of dollars of additional financing for developing countries, vital in helping to deliver against the Sustainable Development Goals and climate change objectives. Alongside FCDO ministerial colleagues, the Chancellor has been working closely with G20 counterparts to ensure that MDBs begin to analyse and agree reforms. In July, the Chancellor was pleased to endorse the G20 Roadmap for implementing these reforms, drawing attention to the initial $200bn of additional lending headroom which could be unlocked over the next 10 years from reforms agreed or being considered this year, whilst encouraging further ambitious implementation beyond this. We have seen some excellent progress, but more must be done to achieve the significant potential of this review and the Government will continue to pursue this.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 19/09/2023 12:45:38 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1660253

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	Financial Services: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to include social-related disclosures in the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements regime.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	199191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) form a framework to facilitate and streamline the flow of sustainability information between corporates, consumers, investors, and capital markets.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>The Government seeks to establish a balance between SDR requirements and not placing unique administrative burdens on businesses.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 20/09/2023 09:45:11 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day