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date	11/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason furlough pay for people who were originally furloughed in March 2020 and have retained their job is determined solely by their pre-pandemic earnings, including in circumstances where those people went on to work more hours in the months between the March and November 2020 covid-19 lockdowns.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	136024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was designed to operate at significant scale to sustain individuals at 80% of their pre-coronavirus income, up to a maximum grant of £2,500 per month. It was therefore right that the default reference pay period to calculate CJRS was that of the pre-coronavirus period for those claiming prior to 31 October.</p><p> </p><p>For the extended scheme from 1 November, the Government appreciates that a minority of employees may have seen an increase in earnings during the pandemic, but others have not, and therefore to be fair to all claimants the default reference pay period for those employees in continuous employment since claiming has remained at the pre-coronavirus period.</p><p> </p><p>For newer employees, it was simply not possible to refer to a pre-coronavirus period, and therefore the reference pay period is necessarily different for this group.</p><p> </p><p>Using the pre-coronavirus reference pay period to calculate the CJRS grant means that it is not necessary to recalculate the basis of the claim for the greatest number of employees and employers.</p><p> </p><p>While a decision for employers to make alone, the terms of the scheme do allow for employers to make a top-up payment should they deem this affordable and appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/01/2021 12:06:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1188506

registered interest
date	20/04/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that self-employed people who have recently taken (a) maternity leave and (b) extended sick leave and make a claim for support through the Self-employment Income Support Scheme do not have their average earnings calculated in a way that will disadvantage their payment.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	37888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>The new Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) will help those with lost trading profits due to COVID-19. It means the UK will have one of the most generous self-employed COVID-19 support schemes in the world.</p><p>The new scheme will allow eligible individuals to claim a taxable grant worth 80% of their trading profits up to a maximum of £2,500 per month for 3 months. Self-employed individuals, including members of partnerships, are eligible if they have submitted their Income Tax Self Assessment tax return for the tax year 2018-19, continued to trade and have lost trading/partnership trading profits due to COVID-19.</p><p>Taking maternity leave, paternity leave, or sick leave does not mean that the trade has ceased and therefore should not affect a person’s eligibility for the SEISS as long as the individual intends to return to the trade after the period of leave.</p><p>To qualify for the SEISS, an individual’s self-employed trading profits must be less than £50,000, with more than half of their income from self-employment. Delivering a scheme for the self-employed is a very difficult operational challenge, particularly in the time available. There is no way for HM Revenue &amp; Customs to know the reasons why an individual’s profits may have dropped in earlier years from Self Assessment returns.</p><p>However, to help those with volatile income in 2018-19 for whatever reason, an individual is eligible for the SEISS if their trading profits are no more than £50,000 and at least half of their total income, for either the tax year 2018-19 or the average of the tax years 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19. If eligible, they will receive a taxable grant based on their average trading profit over the three tax years, including in years where their trading profits were less than half their total income.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 37714 37803 question first answered 28/04/2020 16:20:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1143666

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Government has made of the cost of maintaining the frictionless border between Ireland and Northern Ireland after the UK leaves the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal; what meetings he has held in the last six months on the (i) hardware and (ii) software infrastructure required to maintain the frictionless border; and what estimate his Department has made of the (A) type and (B) quantities of equipment required to maintain the frictionless border.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	285399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government remains steadfast in its commitment to do everything in its power to preserve an open border in Northern Ireland. One of the many dividends of peace in Northern Ireland and the vast reduction of the security threat is the absence of a visible border. Under no circumstances will the Government put in place infrastructure, checks, or controls at the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>As the Prime Minister recently wrote in his letter to Donald Tusk, we must also respect the aim to find flexible and creative solutions to the unique circumstances on the island of Ireland. That means that a range of alternative methods of managing any customs and regulatory differences continue to be developed, including through discussions with officials and stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>In March the Government set out the unilateral approach to checks, processes and tariffs in Northern Ireland it will take in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. This avoids the need for checks at the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/09/2019 14:50:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1108774

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the removal of non-national language voice-overs for the theory driving test on the ability of refugees to live and work in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	239281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The focus of the driving test is to help to ensure that all drivers have the knowledge, skills and understanding to use UK roads safely and responsibly. Since the language support change in 2014, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has introduced a new practical driving test and is currently working on a new driving theory test for the early 2020s. The DVSA is taking into account, as part of planning the new theory test, candidates for whom English is a second language.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/04/2019 09:00:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1019482

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the recent Government consultation on New cycling offences: causing death or serious injury while cycling, whether his Department has consulted on introducing new road traffic offences committed by people other than cyclists.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	198345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The recent consultation related specifically to proposals for new cycling offences.</p><p>In October last year the Government provided its response to the consultation on serious driving offences and confirmed its intention to increase the maximum penalties for causing death by dangerous driving and causing death by careless driving while under the influence of drink or drugs from 14 years’ imprisonment to life and to create a new offence of causing serious injury by careless driving.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/12/2018 10:30:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

964421

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Blue Badge Scheme: Disability Living Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether levels of payment of Disabled Living Allowance are used to assess applications for Blue Badges.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	169634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>A person who receives the higher rate of the mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance is eligible for a Blue Badge under the Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) Regulations 2000, as amended. Similarly, a person will be eligible if they receive a score of at least 8 points in relation to the &quot;moving around&quot; activity of the mobility component of Personal Independence Payment.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/09/2018 13:49:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

932295

registered interest
date	28/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the effect of building a third runway at Heathrow on the residents of Tooting constituency.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	158796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>Following Parliament’s historic decision to endorse expansion at Heathrow, the Airports National Policy Statement was designated. This allows an applicant to bring forward an application for development consent, which would be submitted to the Planning Inspectorate. Expansion at Heathrow would bring up to £74 billion of benefits to passengers and the wider economy.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the next stage of the process, an applicant will need to carry out further consultation with local communities on the finer details of their scheme design and the associated compensation and mitigation packages. The applicant would also be expected to conduct a full environmental impact assessment. Alongside this an applicant will need to develop plans for the necessary airspace changes around the airport, including new flightpaths. These will also be subject to consultation with local communities, ahead of being submitted to the Civil Aviation Authority for approval.</p><p> </p><p>The Government undertook a strategic assessment of the effects of Heathrow expansion on local communities surrounding the airport, as part of the Appraisal of Sustainability (AoS). This assessment included consideration of a range of effects, including those to the environment, and the local economy. The AoS was first published online in February 2017 and consulted on as part of the Airports National Policy Statement process. The AoS was available for MPs consideration before the Parliament’s historic decision to back expansion at Heathrow.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/07/2018 15:49:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan