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1712907

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Nurseries: Business Rates
	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 support nurseries experiencing financial challenges as a result of increased business rates.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>The government recognises the pressure that businesses have been under since the pandemic and that is why the government froze the business rates multiplier for three consecutive years from April 2021 until April 2024 at a cost of £14.5 billion.</p><p> </p><p>To make sure that the most vulnerable businesses continue to be supported, the government announced a further freeze to the small business multiplier at Autumn Statement for 2024-25, which will protect over a million ratepayers from a multiplier increase. This means bills will be 6.6 per cent lower than without the freeze. In addition to this support, some nurseries will already be in receipt of business rates relief where they have a ‘charitable purpose’, such as those part of academy chains.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 26/04/2024 14:34:57 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1702391

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2024
	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, whether self-employed individuals who file their tax returns late but owe no tax are penalised.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <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.​​ Late filing and payment penalties are charged to encourage customers to file on time but we 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>From October 2011 the penalty legislation changed, from this point the capping of penalties was no longer factored into the calculation and any fixed penalty applied remained at the full amount regardless of liability.</p><p> </p><p>Although no change to the current penalty regime has been announced, Penalty Reform within Making Tax Digital will change the way we calculate penalties for late Submission and late payment of tax. The new legislation will factor in the Liability amount, Filing frequency and length of time outstanding within its penalty calculations.</p><p> </p><p>In reforming late payment and late filing penalties HMRC’s 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 Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 25/04/2024 09:29:08 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1702399

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Oil: Imports
	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 April 2024 to Question 21846 on Oil: Imports, in how many cases action has (a) been and (b) not been taken where investigations have concluded.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>Pursuant to the answer provided on 18 April 2024 to Question 21846, HM Revenue and Customs is responsible for enforcing and investigating export controls on strategic goods and sanctions and investigating potential breaches of those controls. HM Revenue and Customs does not comment on operational enforcement matters pertaining to specific import or export scenarios.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 22821 question first answered 24/04/2024 14:24:56 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1702400

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Oil: Imports
	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 April 2024 to Question 21846 on Oil: Imports, what volume of oil has been identified as being from Russia in cases where investigations have been concluded.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>Pursuant to the answer provided on 18 April 2024 to Question 21846, HM Revenue and Customs is responsible for enforcing and investigating export controls on strategic goods and sanctions and investigating potential breaches of those controls. HM Revenue and Customs does not comment on operational enforcement matters pertaining to specific import or export scenarios.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 22820 question first answered 24/04/2024 14:24:56 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1702168

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax: Tax Allowances
	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 freezing the level of the tax-free Personal Allowance on the economy; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing this level.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to keeping taxes low to support people to keep more of what they earn. The Personal Allowance has nearly doubled since 2010 and is over 20% higher in real terms.</p><p> </p><p>As with all aspects of the tax system, the Government keeps the Personal Allowance under review and any decisions on future changes will be made by the Chancellor in the context of the wider public finances.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 24/04/2024 08:51:21 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1702169

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Taxation
	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 exempting state pension from tax; and if he will make an assessment of whether state pension should be classified as income.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The Personal Allowance is currently set at a level high enough to ensure that those pensioners whose sole income is the full rate of the new State Pension or basic State Pension do not pay any income tax.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all aspects of the tax system under review and any decision on future changes will be made by the Chancellor in the context of the wider public finances.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 24/04/2024 08:49:31 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1702296

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	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, what the value was of (a) Class 1 employee, (b) Class 1 employer, (c) Class 2 and (d) Class 4 self-employed National Insurance Contributions receipts in the 2023-24 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility publishes forecast levels of National Insurance receipts in their Economic and Fiscal Outlook report.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 23/04/2024 12:36:25 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1701772

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming for a digital future: 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data, updated on 29 February 2024, when his Department first assessed each of the red-rated legacy IT systems in HM Revenue and Customs to be red-rated.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO), in the Cabinet Office, has established a programme to support departments managing legacy IT. CDDO has agreed a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-the-legacy-it-risk-assessment-framework/guidance-on-the-legacy-it-risk-assessment-framework" target="_blank">framework</a> to identify ‘red-rated’ systems, indicating high levels of risk surrounding certain assets within the IT estate. Departments have committed to have remediation plans in place for these systems by next year (2025).</p><p>It is not appropriate to release sensitive information held about specific, red-rated systems or more detailed plans for remediation within HMRC’s IT estate, as this information could indicate which systems are at risk and may highlight potential security vulnerabilities.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/04/2024 16:36:47 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1701889

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Self-employed: Self-assessment
	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 support self-employed individuals who may struggle to file their tax returns on time due to economic difficulties; and whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of reforming the penalty system.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>HMRC is committed to helping all taxpayers pay their taxes and urges anyone having difficulty to make contact as soon as possible. Time to Pay arrangements are available for taxpayers who cannot afford to make full payment of their tax when it is due. Also, a Budget Payment Plan service allows Self Assessment taxpayers to make advance payments. HMRC has recently published YouTube videos on GOV.UK to help the self-employed, including one about ‘How to budget for your Self-Assessment tax bill if you’re self-employed’.</p><p> </p><p>In Spring 2021 the government announced a new points-based penalty regime for regular tax return submission obligations, to replace existing penalties for VAT and Self Assessment. The new approach is fairer, with financial penalties arising only when the failure is consistent. For Self Assessment taxpayers, reformed penalties will begin when they join the Making Tax Digital (MTD) service for Self Assessment from April 2026 onwards.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 24/04/2024 08:45:29 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1701912

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential economic impact of the European Commission’s customs reform proposals of 17 May 2023 on exporters to the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government has been engaging with the European Commission including through the UK/EU annual Trade Specialised Committee on Customs Cooperation and Rules of Origin.</p><p> </p><p>The EU has expressed the need for consultation with the UK to take into account potential implications for Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published an Explanatory Memorandum in August 2023 setting out relevant considerations in relation to the EU’s proposed reforms. As the reforms develop, we will continue to monitor the progress and to assess any potential impacts on UK businesses.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 22218 22219 question first answered 23/04/2024 12:34:09 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas