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652772

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the gender pay gap.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
uin	907760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>Eliminating the gender pay gap remains an absolute priority for this government.</p><p> </p><p>Transparency is one of the most powerful tools for shaping behaviour and driving change. That is why we will be requiring large employers to publish their gender pay gaps.</p><p> </p><p>The draft regulations were laid on Tuesday 6 December. If parliament approves the legislation, the regulations will commence in April 2017.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/12/2016 17:20:50 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

713318

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Females: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to support older women to return to work after taking time off to care for children or other family members.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
uin	909430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>This Government is committed to unlocking the skills, talents and experience of all women and supporting them to meet their potential.</p><p> </p><p>In the Budget, which this year coincided with International Women’s Day, we announced a new £5 million fund to identify the best ways to help people back into the workplace after taking time out.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/03/2017 17:29:57 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

833182

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Economic Situation: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the effect on the economy of Wales of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
uin	903568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>There has been, and will continue to be, constructive engagement with the Welsh Government.</p><p>Their own statistics estimate trade to the rest of the UK could account for 80% of all Welsh exports. It’s clear that we must work together to support the UK internal market, ensuring that no new barriers to living and doing business in the UK are created as we leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 31/01/2018 15:10:52 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

1020396

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Health Professions: Tax Avoidance
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 number of (a) doctors and (b) nurses that will be subject to the 2019 Loan Charge.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
uin	199328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>Disguised Remuneration schemes are contrived arrangements that pay loans in place of ordinary remuneration with the sole purpose of avoiding income tax and National Insurance contributions. When taking into account the loan they received, loan scheme users have on average twice as much income as the average UK taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC data indicates that fewer than 3% of those affected work in medical services (doctors and nurses) and teaching. Further information can be found in HMRC’s issue briefing: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-issue-briefing-disguised-remuneration-charge-on-loans/hmrc-issue-briefing-disguised-remuneration-charge-on-loans" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-issue-briefing-disguised-remuneration-charge-on-loans/hmrc-issue-briefing-disguised-remuneration-charge-on-loans</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is working hard to help individuals to get out of tax avoidance for good. HMRC does not want to make anybody bankrupt and very few cases ever reach that stage.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has simplified the process for those who choose to settle their use of avoidance schemes before the charge arises, so that those earning less than £50,000 a year and no longer engaging in tax avoidance can agree a payment plan of up to five years without the need for detailed supporting information. There is no maximum period within which an overall settlement can be agreed, and HMRC will deal with individual cases appropriately and sympathetically.</p><p> </p><p>Since the announcement of the 2019 loan charge at Budget 2016, HMRC has agreed settlements on disguised remuneration schemes with employers and individuals of over 650 million pounds. More than 90% of this amount was collected from employers, with less than 10% from individuals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 199329 question first answered 14/12/2018 13:52:55 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

1020397

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bankruptcy: Tax Avoidance
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 number of people will be made bankrupt as a result of the 2019 Loan Charge.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
uin	199329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>Disguised Remuneration schemes are contrived arrangements that pay loans in place of ordinary remuneration with the sole purpose of avoiding income tax and National Insurance contributions. When taking into account the loan they received, loan scheme users have on average twice as much income as the average UK taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC data indicates that fewer than 3% of those affected work in medical services (doctors and nurses) and teaching. Further information can be found in HMRC’s issue briefing: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-issue-briefing-disguised-remuneration-charge-on-loans/hmrc-issue-briefing-disguised-remuneration-charge-on-loans" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-issue-briefing-disguised-remuneration-charge-on-loans/hmrc-issue-briefing-disguised-remuneration-charge-on-loans</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is working hard to help individuals to get out of tax avoidance for good. HMRC does not want to make anybody bankrupt and very few cases ever reach that stage.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has simplified the process for those who choose to settle their use of avoidance schemes before the charge arises, so that those earning less than £50,000 a year and no longer engaging in tax avoidance can agree a payment plan of up to five years without the need for detailed supporting information. There is no maximum period within which an overall settlement can be agreed, and HMRC will deal with individual cases appropriately and sympathetically.</p><p> </p><p>Since the announcement of the 2019 loan charge at Budget 2016, HMRC has agreed settlements on disguised remuneration schemes with employers and individuals of over 650 million pounds. More than 90% of this amount was collected from employers, with less than 10% from individuals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 199328 question first answered 14/12/2018 13:52:55 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

1179951

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Support: Uprating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse is of increasing the Minimum Income Guarantee for people receiving local authority social care other than in a care home in line with inflation in the financial year 2020-2021.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	19979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>HM Treasury has not made an assessment of the cost to the public purse of this proposal. It is for Local Authorities to set Minimum Income Guarantee rates in their area, subject to nationally mandated floors. At the 2019 Spending Round we gave LAs access to up to an additional £1.5bn for social care, on top of existing grants.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 27/02/2020 13:37:59 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1182198

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Personal Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2020 to Question 19979 on Personal Income, if he will make an estimate the cost to the public purse of an increase in the nationally mandated rate by the rate of inflation.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	24446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>DHSC hold policy responsibility for social care and review the social care allowances, including the Minimum Income Guarantee, annually.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 09/03/2020 17:15:04 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1191607

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: Valuation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many appeals against the rateable value of premises the Valuation Office Agency is considering.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	41600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text The appeals process consists of three stages designed to ensure queries are dealt with at the earliest possible point: Check, Challenge and Appeal. The VOA deals with the Check and Challenge stages. Appeals are the responsibility of the independent Valuation Tribunal Service. Statistics on Appeals can be found on their website at <a href="https://www.valuationtribunal.gov.uk/about-us/publications-policies/vts-statistics/" target="_blank">https://www.valuationtribunal.gov.uk/about-us/publications-policies/vts-statistics/</a>. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/05/2020 15:59:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1191608

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	Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund and Small Business Grants Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will amend the Small Business Grant and Leisure, Hospitality and Retail Grant rules to allow local authorities greater discretion in supporting local businesses consistent with the purpose of those grant schemes.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	41601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>As of 1<sup>st</sup> May, Government has provided up to an additional £617m for Local Authorities in England to create a Discretionary Grants Fund, in order to help those small businesses which are excluded from the current grants schemes due to the way they interact with the business rates system.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities are responsible for defining precise eligibility for this funding in their areas. And businesses will need to apply to their Local Authority in order to receive grants – each LA will need time to create their own process.</p><p> </p><p>However, it is our intention that the following businesses should be considered as a priority for these funds:</p><ul><li>Businesses in shared offices;</li><li>Regular market traders who do not have their own business rates assessment;</li><li>B&amp;Bs which pay Council Tax instead of business rates; and</li><li>Charity properties in receipt of charitable business rates relief which would otherwise have been eligible for Small Business Rates Relief or Rural Rate Relief.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 04/05/2020 14:20:09 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1194731

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	Business Rates: Valuation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date case reference CHK100156838 will be determined by the Valuation Office Agency.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	45489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) completed case reference CHK100156838 on 4 March 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/05/2020 16:07:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild