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1791114

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2025
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax: Pensioners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2025 to Question 40654 on Income Tax: Pensioners, what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners that will be affected in each year.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	James Wild
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	43160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2025 answer text <p>HMRC publish the number of income tax payers by age. This information can be found in Table 2.1 of the collated income tax liabilities statistics tables for the years up to 2024-25, available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66798d4797ea0c79abfe4b83/Collated_Income_Tax_liabilities_statistics_tables_-_2.1_to_2.6.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66798d4797ea0c79abfe4b83/Collated_Income_Tax_liabilities_statistics_tables_-_2.1_to_2.6.ods</a>. Data on future years will be published in the usual way.</p><p> </p><p>As I set out in my previous answer, the Personal Allowance - the amount an individual can earn before paying tax - will continue to exceed the basic and full new State Pension in the coming tax year. This means pensioners whose sole income is the full new State Pension or basic State Pension without any increments will not pay any income tax.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 09/04/2025 08:53:23 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1791180

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2025
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Care Homes: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has received any representations on fire safety guidance and the time within which care homes should aim to evacuate residents from protected areas.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	James Wild
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	43204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2025 answer text <p>The Fire Risk Assessment: Residential Care guide is being updated as part of a major work programme to update all fire safety guidance under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, and will address evacuation times in premises such as care homes. This work is currently expected to run over the next couple of years given the number of guides in development, the detailed policy work required and the differing expert views regarding care home evacuation times.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham North and Kimberley answering member printed Alex Norris question first answered 08/04/2025 12:00:25 answering member 4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris
	tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1790805

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2025
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Child Trust Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what options she is considering for improving access to matured Child Trust Funds for people who lack capacity.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	James Wild
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	42858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2025 answer text <p>Where a young adult lacks mental capacity, including due to a disability, the law requires parents or a guardian to have legal authority to make decisions on their behalf about financial assets or property. This requirement to have legal authority is vital in ensuring that vulnerable people are safeguarded and protected from all forms of abuse including financial abuse. This is not specific to accessing funds held in Child Trust Funds or Junior ISAs but applies more widely to all assets belonging to vulnerable people who lack capacity. This includes in relation to accessing funds held in a Child Trust Fund or a Junior ISA.</p><p>On 9 June 2023, the Ministry of Justice published the <em>Making Financial Decisions for young people: parent and carer toolkit’</em> explaining the process by which parents and guardians of disabled children are able to obtain legal authority if no other arrangements are in place. This can be done by making an applying to the Court of Protection for an order authorising access to monies held in a Child Trust Fund or Junior ISA. The toolkit is available on Gov.UK.</p><p>We understand that concerns remain, and I am speaking with relevant stakeholders to explore what further can be done to help improve access to matured Child Trust Funds in a way that balances facilitating access with safeguards.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Sarah Sackman question first answered 07/04/2025 15:58:10 answering member 5204
	tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1790806

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Child Trust Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the DWP appointee scheme to cover Child Trust Funds with a value up to £5,000.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	James Wild
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	42859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2025 answer text <p>The DWP will not be extending its appointeeship scheme to include Child Trust Funds. The scheme only applies to Government benefits which help with day-to-day living expenses, as opposed to a capital asset like a Child Trust Fund which matures overtime. Further, applying benefit rules to Child Trust Funds would not provide the protections currently delivered by the Mental Capacity Act and could expose vulnerable people to risk.</p> answering member constituency East Ham answering member printed Sir Stephen Timms question first answered 07/04/2025 15:38:11 answering member 163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms
	tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1790808

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2025
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Court of Protection: Child Trust Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications to the Court of Protection for a deputyship order in cases relating to Child Trust Funds were made in each year since 2019.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	James Wild
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	42861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2025 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide information on the numbers of applications for a deputyship order in cases relating to Child Trust Funds as Court of Protection data is not broken down by the type of asset held.</p><p>Locally collected management information relating to Child Trust Funds does not include those cases where a Child Trust Fund may be one of several assets owned by the young person lacking capacity and therefore does not provide an accurate picture of the number of applications made.</p><p>With effect from 08 April 2025, applications to the Court of Protection will cost £421. Where an application to access a Child Trust Fund is made before the child reaches 18, no fee is payable if the child has savings of less than £4,250 and a monthly income less than £1,420. In addition, where the Child Trust Fund is the sole asset, an exceptional fee waiver can be applied for. When an application is made after a child turns 18, and they have savings or income above these levels, a parent or carer can apply for an exceptional fee waiver at the court’s discretion.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published a toolkit for parents and carers to help them navigate the court process.</p><p>The Department is exploring plans to facilitate the CoP process for parents and guardians applying for a deputyship, for example by alerting parents in advance of a child's 18th birthday of the need to make an application.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Sarah Sackman grouped question UIN 42863 question first answered 07/04/2025 16:01:20 answering member 5204
	tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1790810

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2025
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Court of Protection: Child Trust Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost of applying to the Court of Protection for a deputyship order was in cases relating to Child Trust Funds in the latest period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	James Wild
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	42863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2025 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide information on the numbers of applications for a deputyship order in cases relating to Child Trust Funds as Court of Protection data is not broken down by the type of asset held.</p><p>Locally collected management information relating to Child Trust Funds does not include those cases where a Child Trust Fund may be one of several assets owned by the young person lacking capacity and therefore does not provide an accurate picture of the number of applications made.</p><p>With effect from 08 April 2025, applications to the Court of Protection will cost £421. Where an application to access a Child Trust Fund is made before the child reaches 18, no fee is payable if the child has savings of less than £4,250 and a monthly income less than £1,420. In addition, where the Child Trust Fund is the sole asset, an exceptional fee waiver can be applied for. When an application is made after a child turns 18, and they have savings or income above these levels, a parent or carer can apply for an exceptional fee waiver at the court’s discretion.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published a toolkit for parents and carers to help them navigate the court process.</p><p>The Department is exploring plans to facilitate the CoP process for parents and guardians applying for a deputyship, for example by alerting parents in advance of a child's 18th birthday of the need to make an application.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Sarah Sackman grouped question UIN 42861 question first answered 07/04/2025 16:01:20 answering member 5204
	tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1790157

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2025
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the level of compliance costs for financial services.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	James Wild
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	42323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2025 answer text <p>The government has committed to cutting the administrative costs of regulation for business by 25% by the end of the Parliament. This will take a whole-of-government approach to establish a baseline for the administrative costs of regulation and deliver an ambitious regulation reform programme, targeting reforms that remove or streamline administrative processes. No independent assessment has been commissioned for this work.</p><p> </p><p>The financial services regulators are required by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to undertake and publish a Cost-Benefit Analysis when consulting on any proposal to make or amend rules, to analyse the likely expected costs and benefits arising from the changes.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury is working with the financial services regulators to reduce regulatory burdens on financial services firms while maintaining high regulatory standards.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Regulation Action Plan, the government announced that it will consolidate the Payments Systems Regulator into the Financial Conduct Authority, to provide a more streamlined approach to regulation for businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The Regulation Action Plan also confirmed that the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority are taking steps to review and streamline reporting requirements for firms.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to ensuring our regulation is fit for purpose, ensuring it meets our commitments to maintaining the UK’s high standards and protections whilst ensuring we do not hold back growth with unnecessary red tape.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds grouped question UIN 42324 question first answered 03/04/2025 12:58:49 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
	tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1790159

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2025
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has commissioned any independent assessments of the compliance costs of financial regulations since 4 July 2024.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	James Wild
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	42324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2025 answer text <p>The government has committed to cutting the administrative costs of regulation for business by 25% by the end of the Parliament. This will take a whole-of-government approach to establish a baseline for the administrative costs of regulation and deliver an ambitious regulation reform programme, targeting reforms that remove or streamline administrative processes. No independent assessment has been commissioned for this work.</p><p> </p><p>The financial services regulators are required by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to undertake and publish a Cost-Benefit Analysis when consulting on any proposal to make or amend rules, to analyse the likely expected costs and benefits arising from the changes.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury is working with the financial services regulators to reduce regulatory burdens on financial services firms while maintaining high regulatory standards.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Regulation Action Plan, the government announced that it will consolidate the Payments Systems Regulator into the Financial Conduct Authority, to provide a more streamlined approach to regulation for businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The Regulation Action Plan also confirmed that the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority are taking steps to review and streamline reporting requirements for firms.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to ensuring our regulation is fit for purpose, ensuring it meets our commitments to maintaining the UK’s high standards and protections whilst ensuring we do not hold back growth with unnecessary red tape.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds grouped question UIN 42323 question first answered 03/04/2025 12:58:49 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
	tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1788232

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2025
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Houses: Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative estimate of the cost to pubs of (a) the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme, (b) VAT and (c) beer duty compared to other major European countries.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	James Wild
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	41143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2025 answer text <p>Policies related to packaging alcohol taxation vary between European countries.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2024, the Government published an updated assessment of the impact of introducing the pEPR scheme on packaging producers. It has worked closely with industry, including the brewing sector, throughout the development of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption, and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services.</p><p> </p><p>As with all taxes, the Government keeps alcohol duty rates under review during its Budget process.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 02/04/2025 15:24:16 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1788233

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Recycling: Public Houses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Extended Producer Responsibility fees on trends in the levels of pub closures; and what steps his Department is taking to support pubs in adhering to Extended Producer Responsibility regulations.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	James Wild
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	41144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2025 answer text <p>In October 2024, the Government published an updated assessment of the impact of introducing the pEPR scheme on packaging producers as a whole. This impact assessment did not split the assessment by sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has worked closely with industry, including the brewing sector, throughout development of Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging (pEPR). Feedback from stakeholders was factored into finalising the regulations, including formally consulting stakeholders on a draft of the pEPR regulations in 2023.</p><p> </p><p>pEPR obligates brands and packaging producers to pay the costs of managing household packaging waste. In most cases, this will not be individual pubs but the business supplying the pub with packaged goods.</p><p> </p><p>My officials have recently attended a number of events organised by the brewing industry, to discuss pEPR and to listen and respond to concerns raised by their members. We have provided extensive guidance to all sectors on how to comply with their obligations under pEPR and continue to work with the brewing sector and others to further refine both the guidance and the wider scheme.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 03/04/2025 15:16:21 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
	tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild