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1663650

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sports: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the level of VAT applied to children’s (a) swimming lessons and (b) other sports.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	201504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>VAT has been designed as a broad-based tax on consumption, and the twenty per cent standard rate applies to the majority of goods and services. While there are exceptions to the standard rate, these have always been strictly limited by both legal and fiscal considerations; one exception being certain supplies of education, which are generally exempt from VAT when certain conditions are met.</p><p> </p><p>VAT is the UK’s third largest tax forecast to raise £161 billion in 2022/23, helping to fund key spending priorities such as important public services, including the NHS, education and defence. Nevertheless, the Government keeps all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/10/2023 08:12:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1646535

registered interest
date	21/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impacts of temporarily closing the Self-Assessment hotline on individuals needing advice prior to submitting information relating to their tax returns.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	190749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text This quarter is the quietest for Self-Assessment (SA) queries. HMRC is piloting the temporary and time-limited closure of the SA helpline so that c.350 advisers can be moved to other work, including clearing post items, which experience heavier demand at this time of year.<p> </p><p>The SA helpline will reopen on 4 September, five months prior to the SA filing deadline of 31 January.</p><p> </p><p>Around two-thirds of all Self-Assessment calls can be resolved online by customers; piloting a seasonal Self-Assessment helpline is about positively encouraging people to use these services when they can.</p><p> </p><p>This will free up HMRC advisors to help those with more urgent queries or who cannot access digital services, and to work on correspondence.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 28/06/2023 15:38:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1600000

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research and Development Expenditure Credit: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review changes to the Research and Development Expenditure Credit scheme to help incentivise small and medium sized enterprises to invest in research and development in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	155197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>As part of the ongoing research and development (R&amp;D) tax reliefs review, the Government is reforming the R&amp;D tax reliefs to ensure taxpayer’s money is spent as effectively as possible, to improve the competitiveness of the Research and Development Expenditure Credit (RDEC) scheme, and as a step towards a simplified, single RDEC-like scheme for all.</p><p> </p><p>Generous spending support will continue: direct funding for R&amp;D will reach £20 billion a year by 2024-2025 as planned. This is a cash increase of around a third compared to 2021-2022, and the largest-ever increase over a Spending Review (SR) period.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also remains committed to the increasing focus on innovation set out at SR 2021 and the £2.6 billion allocation to Innovate UK over the SR period. From 2021-2022 to 2024-2025, this represents a 54 per cent cash increase in Innovate UK’s budgets and 70 per cent of Innovate UK’s grants to businesses go to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/03/2023 08:07:24 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1564276

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Solar Power: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rate of VAT is for battery upgrades to existing domestic solar installations.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	117841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>Battery storage supplied as part of an installation of solar panels will benefit from the VAT zero rate until 31 March 2027.</p><p> </p><p>Battery storage itself has not been added to the list of qualifying materials and therefore will continue to be standard rated when installed separately, including where such storage is an upgrade to an existing solar panel installation.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/01/2023 17:39:17 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1545064

registered interest
date	23/11/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue the Loan Charge is estimated to raise, separate from other measures.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	94842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The Loan Charge was announced at Budget 2016 as part of a package of measures to tackle Disguised Remuneration (DR) tax avoidance which was costed as a whole. At Spring Statement 2022, this package was estimated to bring in an estimated overall Exchequer yield of £3.4 billion. The changes resulting from the 2019 independent review of the Loan Charge are estimated to reduce the Exchequer yield by £620 million.</p><p> </p><p>Following Lord Morse’s Independent Loan Charge Review in 2019, HMRC established the DR Repayment Scheme 2020 to repay voluntary payments that taxpayers had agreed to make as part of settlements concluded before changes were made to the scope of the Loan Charge. Individuals and employers had until 30 September 2021 to apply to HMRC for a refund or waiver.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC repays amounts that were paid in DR scheme settlements, and/or waives amounts of instalments due that have not yet been paid if certain conditions are met.</p><p> </p><p>As of 28 October 2022, HMRC had processed over 2350 applications, of which over 1350 had received either a repayment, a waiver, or both. Over 1000 of the applications processed at that date were either invalid or ineligible.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 94843 question first answered 28/11/2022 14:08:41 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1545065

registered interest
date	23/11/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Disguised Remuneration Loan Charge Review: Repayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people seeking refunds due to the changes made by the Morse Review have been refunded by HMRC.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	94843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The Loan Charge was announced at Budget 2016 as part of a package of measures to tackle Disguised Remuneration (DR) tax avoidance which was costed as a whole. At Spring Statement 2022, this package was estimated to bring in an estimated overall Exchequer yield of £3.4 billion. The changes resulting from the 2019 independent review of the Loan Charge are estimated to reduce the Exchequer yield by £620 million.</p><p> </p><p>Following Lord Morse’s Independent Loan Charge Review in 2019, HMRC established the DR Repayment Scheme 2020 to repay voluntary payments that taxpayers had agreed to make as part of settlements concluded before changes were made to the scope of the Loan Charge. Individuals and employers had until 30 September 2021 to apply to HMRC for a refund or waiver.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC repays amounts that were paid in DR scheme settlements, and/or waives amounts of instalments due that have not yet been paid if certain conditions are met.</p><p> </p><p>As of 28 October 2022, HMRC had processed over 2350 applications, of which over 1350 had received either a repayment, a waiver, or both. Over 1000 of the applications processed at that date were either invalid or ineligible.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 94842 question first answered 28/11/2022 14:08:41 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1402220

registered interest
date	12/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support is available to families in the UK with relatives in Afghanistan; and what steps Afghan nationals in Afghanistan, and under threat from the Taliban, can take to come to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	102748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>Families in the UK with relatives in Afghanistan can access information to assess their relative’s eligibility for the following resettlement schemes on gov.uk:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/afghan-citizens-resettlement-scheme" target="_blank">Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme</a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy/afghan-relocations-and-assistance-policy-information-and-guidance" target="_blank">Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy</a></li><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/family-reunion-instruction" target="_blank">Refugee Family Reunion</a></li></ul><p>From Spring, the UNHCR will refer refugees to the ACRS, based on assessments of protection of need. The Government will also offer ACRS places to the most at risk British Council and Gardaworld contractors and Chevening alumni. We are committed to working in step with the international community and continue to do all we can to enable those who are eligible to relocate to the UK.</p><p>The Minister for the Armed Forces recently visited the region, to identify what more we can do for applicants both in Afghanistan and in neighbouring countries. We are working with a wide range of allies and partners and are exploring every avenue to help them reach safety.</p><p>The UK Government will work with international partners to put pressure on the Taliban to allow those with a right to leave Afghanistan to do so safely.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 17/01/2022 17:29:14 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1402221

registered interest
date	12/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether UNHCR referrals to the Afghan Citizens' Resettlement Scheme will be available to Afghans currently within Afghanistan or whether they will take place through third party countries.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	102749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme commenced on 6th January and will provide up to 20,000 women, children and others at risk with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK.</p><p>From Spring, we are working with the UNHCR to receive referrals of vulnerable refugees in need of protection through the ACRS.</p><p>UNHCR refer refugees who, by definition, are outside their country of origin.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 17/01/2022 17:26:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1182748

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Clearview AI
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has (a) live and (b) historic contracts with (i) Clearview AI and (ii) subsidiaries of that company.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	25178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>Our records show that the Home Office has no (a) live or (b) historic contracts with (i) Clearview AI or (ii) the 2 identified subsidiaries, Smartcheckr or Insight Camera.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/03/2020 17:39:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1133300

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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	Civil Partnerships: Heterosexuality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to use the powers in section 2(1) of the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019 to amend the Civil Partnership Act 2004 to enable two persons who are not of the same sex to form a civil partnership in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	266884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government intends to change the law by regulations to extend civil partnerships to opposite-sex couples, as required by the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019, by 31 December 2019.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/07/2019 11:31:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones