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1754636

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2025
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Charities: Employers' Contributions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes made to employer's National Insurance contributions at the Autumn Budget 2024 on the (a) staffing levels of and (b) level of (i) economic and (ii) social contributions to charities; and if she will make it her policy to exempt the charitable sector from these changes.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest East
	tabling member printed	Sir Julian Lewis
	uin	23246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2025 answer text <p>In order to repair the public finances and help raise the revenue required to support public services, the government has taken the difficult decision to increase employer National Insurance contributions (NICs).</p><p>HMRC published on 13 November a Tax Information and Impact Note that covers the impact of the changes on charities as employers.</p><p>The Government has protected the smallest businesses and charities from the impact of the increase to employer National Insurance by increasing the Employment Allowance from £5,000 to £10,500, which means that 865,000 employers will pay no NICs at all next year, more than half of employers will see no change or will gain overall from this package, and all eligible employers will be able to employ up to four full-time workers on the National Living Wage and pay no NICs. All charities are eligible for the Employment Allowance, even if they are wholly or mainly carrying out functions of a public nature.</p><p>More broadly, within the tax system, we provide support to charities through a range of reliefs and exemptions, including reliefs for charitable giving, with more than £6 billion in charitable reliefs provided to charities, CASCs and their donors in 2023-24.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 16/01/2025 13:44:13 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1754650

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2025
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Employers' Contributions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations she has received (a) directly and (b) via other Departments from the Special Educational Needs and Disability Transport Operators Group on the potential inclusion of (i) drivers and (ii) passenger assistants in any (A) grant and (B) compensation scheme to offset the impact of changes in employer national insurance contributions; and if she will include this cohort in any such scheme.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest East
	tabling member printed	Sir Julian Lewis
	uin	23248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2025 answer text <p>The government will provide support for departments and other public sector employers for additional employer National Insurance contributions (NICs) costs only. This funding will be allocated to departments, with the Barnett formula applying in the usual way. This is the usual approach the Government takes to supporting the public sector with additional employer NICs costs, as was the case with the previous Government’s Health and Social Care Levy.</p><p> </p><p>This does not include support for the private sector, including private sector firms contracted by central/local government. For private sector organisations that contract with local or central government, the impact of tax changes would be taken into account along with all other changes to their cost base in the usual way through contract negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>The definition of who is in scope as a public sector employee is based on Office of National Statistics classification of the entity paying employer NICs. This applies to employees who are directly employed by the public sector, but not, for example, where services are contracted out. The public sector comprises central government, local government and public corporations.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 16/01/2025 13:45:53 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1754652

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2025
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Liquefied Natural Gas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of supplies of Liquefied Natural Gas between January and April 2025.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	23267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2025 answer text <p>We are confident that we will attract sufficient supplies of Liquified Natural Gas between January and April 2025. In their 2024/25 Winter Outlook, National Gas, the Gas System Operator, noted that they expect the market to deliver LNG supplies to the UK when needed, evidenced in previous years, as prices shift to attract necessary cargoes. We have seen this occur over the first half of winter 2024/25 and expect this to continue over the second half.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 16/01/2025 10:49:16 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1754670

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2025
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has reached agreement with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the financial year when defence spending will reach 2.5% of GDP.
	tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
	tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
	uin	23386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2025 answer text <p>The Government is committed to setting a path to spend 2.5% of GDP on defence in the spring and the Department engages regularly with His Majesty's Treasury on the issue.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth Sutton and Devonport answering member printed Luke Pollard question first answered 16/01/2025 11:39:01 answering member 4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard
	tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1754672

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2025
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to regulate the advertising of vapes in local vape shops on high streets so that they do not appeal to children.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh and Atherton
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	23430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2025 answer text <p>We know that vapes and other nicotine products are being deliberately branded and advertised to appeal to children. This must be stopped to protect future generations from being hooked on nicotine. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill has been introduced to Parliament, and bans vapes and nicotine products from being deliberately promoted and advertised to children to stop the next generation from becoming hooked on nicotine. The bill will ban all forms of advertising of vaping and other nicotine products, including in local vape shops, as well as sponsorship agreements which promote them.</p><p>We must also reduce the visibility and accessibility of vapes to protect children and non-smokers from getting hooked on nicotine. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will provide powers to introduce future regulations on where and how vapes and other nicotine products can be displayed, including in the windows and inside local vape shops.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 16/01/2025 11:43:51 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1754675

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2025
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Holiday Activities and Food Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with local councils on the future funding of the Holiday Activities and Food programme.
	tabling member constituency	Gosport
	tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Dinenage
	uin	23308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2025 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Gosport to the answer of 5 December 2024 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-11-29/17058" target="_blank">17058</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth South answering member printed Stephen Morgan question first answered 16/01/2025 15:55:19 answering member 4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan
	tabling member	4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage

1754697

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2025
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.71 of the Autumn Budget 2024, whether the £70 million for new radiotherapy machines will be made available to upgrade machines.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	23289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>The funding for new radiotherapy machines will be used to replace outdated machines, and allocated to trusts using criteria that NHS England has developed. The new machines will support the recovery of cancer waiting times and help ensure that patients have access to the most up-to-date treatments.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne grouped question UIN 23290 23293 question first answered 15/01/2025 11:22:55 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1754698

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2025
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.71 of the Autumn Budget 2024, how the £70 million for new radiotherapy machines will increase access to (a) adaptive radiotherapy and (b) other forms of modern radiotherapy.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	23290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>The funding for new radiotherapy machines will be used to replace outdated machines, and allocated to trusts using criteria that NHS England has developed. The new machines will support the recovery of cancer waiting times and help ensure that patients have access to the most up-to-date treatments.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne grouped question UIN 23289 23293 question first answered 15/01/2025 11:22:55 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1754700

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2025
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.71 of the Autumn Budget 2024, what estimate he has made of the number of radiotherapy machines that will be replaced; and whether his Department plans to fundi a rolling replacement programme.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	23292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>NHS England will allocate funding to trusts to purchase new radiotherapy machines, and trusts may purchase different types of machines. Therefore, it is not yet known how many machines will be purchased. There are currently no plans to have a rolling replacement programme.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 15/01/2025 11:32:59 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1754701

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2025
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Radiotherapy: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.71 of the Autumn Budget 2024, what criteria he plans to use to prioritise the allocation of the funds for radiotherapy cancer treatments.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	23293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2025 answer text <p>The funding for new radiotherapy machines will be used to replace outdated machines, and allocated to trusts using criteria that NHS England has developed. The new machines will support the recovery of cancer waiting times and help ensure that patients have access to the most up-to-date treatments.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne grouped question UIN 23289 23290 question first answered 15/01/2025 11:22:55 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron