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1579862

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of the closure of Doncaster-Sheffield airport on the ability of people living in the region to visit friends and family abroad.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	130115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government remains very disappointed that Peel Group took the decision to close Doncaster-Sheffield Airport. This was a commercial decision made by the owners of the airport.</p><p> </p><p>The department recognises that this has affected the passengers who used the airport and those businesses, organisations and people who worked at the airport and within the supply chain. Many of the routes which operated from Doncaster-Sheffield Airport have moved to nearby airports such as Leeds-Bradford, Manchester and East Midlands.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 31/01/2023 10:22:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1307127

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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 assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on self-employed people of the delay in the fourth grant under the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme; and whether he has plans to provide further support for those people.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	178690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government announced at Budget 2021 that the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) will continue until September, with a fourth and a final fifth grant.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also announced a major improvement in access to the self-employed scheme. As the deadline for 2019-20 tax returns has now passed, HMRC will use these tax returns for the fourth and fifth grants, provided they were submitted by 2 March. This means that 600,000 people, many of whom became self-employed in 2019-20, may now be able to claim the fourth and fifth grants, bringing the total number of people who could be eligible to 3.7 million.</p><p> </p><p>Using these returns requires time to deliver due to the increased population and new data. In order to allow HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) time to process 2019-20 tax returns it has not been possible to invite applications or open the claims service earlier.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will open the online claims service for the fourth SEISS grant from late April 2021 and expect to notify potentially eligible people of their personal claim date from mid-April.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to claim the fourth grant is now available online: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-grant-through-the-coronavirus-covid-19-self-employment-income-support-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-grant-through-the-coronavirus-covid-19-self-employment-income-support-scheme</a>.</p><p>The SEISS is just one part of a wider package of support for the self-employed, which includes automatic, self-serve time-to-pay arrangements, loans, welfare support, and other business support grants.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 178567 179074 question first answered 20/04/2021 14:13:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1303469

registered interest
date	17/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the end of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on levels of employment.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	170725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2021 answer text The OBR produces independent forecasts for the Government, and in its Economic and Fiscal Outlook published in March 2021 it estimated that "unemployment would have been about 300,000 higher in the fourth quarter of 2021 in the absence of fiscal stimulus and the extension of the CJRS". answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/03/2021 13:21:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1280188

registered interest
date	25/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Pensions and Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to review the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to allow employers to include in their claim to HMRC (a) employer contributions to the employee's pension and (b) employer National Insurance or tax contributions.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	143069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2021 answer text <p>Since November, employers are only asked to cover National Insurance and employer pension contributions for hours not worked under the CJRS, which is lower than the previous level in September and October. For an average claim, this accounts for just 5 per cent of total employment costs or £70 per employee per month. Furthermore, many small employers can benefit from the Employment Allowance for support with their NICs bill.</p><p> </p><p>Since March, businesses have received billions in loans, tax deferrals, Business Rate reliefs, and general and sector-specific grants. This support can be used by businesses to cover the costs of NICs and pension contributions, ensuring that they can continue to furlough their employees.</p><p>The Government will provide a further update on the CJRS at the Budget.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/01/2021 13:55:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1277586

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
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, whether he plans to review the eligibility criteria for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to include people employed throughout November and December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	139119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>For all eligibility decisions under Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), the Government must balance the need to support as many jobs as possible with the need to protect the scheme from fraud.</p><p> </p><p>Under the CJRS extension, an employer can claim for employees who were employed and on their PAYE payroll on 30 October 2020. The employer must have made a PAYE Real Time Information (RTI) submission to HMRC between 20 March 2020 and 30 October 2020, notifying a payment of earnings for that employee. The 30 October 2020 cut-off date allowed as many people as possible to be included by going right up to the day before the announcement, while balancing the risk of fraud that existed as soon as the scheme became public. Extending the cut-off date further would have significantly increased the risk of abuse because claims could not be confidently verified against the risk of fraud by using the data after this point.</p><p> </p><p>The Government understands that the new restrictions are challenging for some businesses. On 5 January, the Chancellor announced an extra £4.6 billion to protect jobs and support affected businesses as restrictions get tougher, including a new one-off grant of up to £9,000 to support businesses in England which are legally required to close. This comes in addition to the existing monthly grants for closed businesses of up to £3,000 per month. Local authorities will also receive an additional £500 million, to a total of £1.6 billion, of discretionary funding to allow them to support their local businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The CJRS is not the only support available for employees. The Government has boosted the generosity of the welfare system by £7.4 billion in 2020-21 including through a temporary £20 a week increase in the Universal Credit standard allowance and Working Tax Credit basic element.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/01/2021 14:39:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1276375

registered interest
date	13/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employed: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support his Department is providing in response to the covid-19 outbreak to self-employed people who do not have a business premises.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	137291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to supporting the self-employed population during the COVID-19 pandemic through a substantial package of support.</p><p> </p><p>Self-employed people who do not have a business premises may be eligible for the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG). The Government recently increased the funding available under this scheme to £1.6 billion across England. It is up to each local authority to determine eligibility for this scheme based on their assessment of local economic need; however, the Government encourages local authorities to support businesses which have been affected by COVID-19 restrictions but which are ineligible for the other grant schemes.</p><p> </p><p>Moreover, eligible self-employed individuals who have been affected by reduced demand or have been unable to trade due to COVID-19, which they believe will lead to a significant reduction in their trading profits, can claim the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grant.</p><p> </p><p>The third SEISS grant covers the three-month period from November 2020 until January 2021. It is a taxable grant calculated at 80 per cent of three months’ average monthly trading profits, paid out in a single instalment and capped at £7,500 in total.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government has made available other elements of support. The Universal Credit standard allowance has been temporarily increased for 2020-21 and the Minimum Income Floor relaxed for the duration of the crisis, so that where self-employed claimants' earnings have fallen significantly, their Universal Credit award will have increased to reflect their lower earnings. In addition to this, they may also have access to other elements of the package, including Bounce Back loans, tax deferrals, rental support, mortgage holidays and self-isolation support payments.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/01/2021 12:00:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1256270

registered interest
date	27/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Service Industries: Coronavirus
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 economic effect on local (a) retail, (b) hospitality and (c) live performance industries of being placed in a tier 3 covid-19 area.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	121905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p><strong>On 30 November, the Government published ‘Analysis of the health, economic and social effects of COVID-19 and the approach to tiering’: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/939876/Analysis_of_the_health_economic_and_social_effects_of_COVID-19_and_the_approach_to_tiering_FINAL__SofS_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/939876/Analysis_of_the_health_economic_and_social_effects_of_COVID-19_and_the_approach_to_tiering_FINAL__SofS_.pdf</a>. As stated in this analysis, it is not possible to forecast the precise economic impact of a specific change to a specific restriction with confidence, but it is clear that restrictions to contain COVID-19 have had major impacts on the economy and public finances. </strong></p><p><strong>The Government understands that this is a very challenging time for the UK’s retail, hospitality, and leisure sectors, and recognises that these sectors have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. The Government continues to collect evidence on the impact of the pandemic on these sectors and on the economy as a whole and is working with businesses and trade groups to inform its efforts to support these businesses.</strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/12/2020 15:20:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1254192

registered interest
date	20/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employed: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support newly self-employed people during the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown period.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	118569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>The practical issues that prevented the Government from being able to include the newly self-employed in 2019-20 in the original Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), namely that HM Revenue and Customs did not have access to their self-assessment returns in order to verify their eligibility, still remain.</p><p> </p><p>However, the SEISS continues to be just one element of a comprehensive package of support for the self-employed. Newly self-employed individuals who are ineligible for the SEISS Grant Extension may still be eligible for other elements of the support available. The Universal Credit standard allowance has been temporarily increased for 2020-21 and the Minimum Income Floor relaxed for the duration of the crisis, so that where self-employed claimants' earnings have fallen significantly, their Universal Credit award will have increased to reflect their lower earnings. In addition to this, they may also have access to other elements of the package, including Bounce Back loans, tax deferrals, rental support, mortgage holidays, self-isolation support payments and other business support grants.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/11/2020 14:11:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1249478

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Remote Working: Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the eligibility criteria of the 12-month business rates holiday scheme to include the flexible workspace sector.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	113205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided enhanced support to the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors through business rates relief given the direct and acute impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on those sectors.</p><p> </p><p>A range of measures to support all businesses, including those not eligible for business rates relief such as flexible workspaces, have also been made available.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/11/2020 12:23:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1247331

registered interest
date	30/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Food: Wholesale Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend Business Rates Relief to food and drink wholesalers in Tier 3 local covid-19 alert level areas.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	109588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published guidance for local authorities on eligible properties. As set out in the guidance, support is targeted at premises that are wholly or mainly being used as shops, restaurants, cafes, drinking establishments, cinemas and live music venues; for assembly and leisure; or as hotels, guest and boarding premises and self-catering accommodation. It is for local authorities to determine eligibility for reliefs, having regard to guidance issued by the Government.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities which were subject to restrictions on indoor socialising between 1 August and 5 November will receive funding to allow them to make backdated grants to businesses which were able to remain open during that period, but were experiencing a severe reduction in demand due to these restrictions. Local authorities across England will also receive a total of £1.1bn to provide further business grants and other forms of business support to companies in their areas.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/11/2020 16:31:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy