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1280338

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Transport: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What fiscal steps his Department is taking to improve transport connectivity throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Gary Sambrook
uin	911380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>Improving transport connectivity throughout the UK is vital to the Government’s levelling up agenda. That is why at the Spending Review, the Government announced a new £4 billion Levelling Up Fund to invest in local infrastructure that has a visible impact on people and their communities. This is in addition to already announced transport investment through intra-city transport settlements, the Transforming Cities Fund and RIS2.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the pandemic, the Government has also made over £12 billion available to transport services across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/01/2021 15:55:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4760 label Biography information for Gary Sambrook

1280585

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Construction: VAT
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 effect on companies of introducing a reverse VAT charge for the building and construction services sector with effect from 1 March 2021 in the context of the ongoing covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	143798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to introducing the VAT reverse charge for building and construction on 1 March 2021. VAT fraud in this sector still presents a significant risk to the Exchequer.</p><p> </p><p>There are several UK anti-fraud reverse charge measures already in operation and their impact on business and supply chains is well understood and explained in the Impact Assessment for this measure. The Government provided a very long lead-in time for this measure ahead of the original implementation date of 1 October 2019 and has listened carefully to industry concerns, especially those in relation to cashflow and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sector. The Government has subsequently delayed the introduction of the reverse charge on two occasions to give businesses even more time to prepare.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continue to work closely with the construction industry, providing support and communications to ensure that businesses are fully aware and can prepare for cashflow challenges ahead of implementation on 1 March 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/02/2021 15:26:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1280607

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
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, if he will publish immediately when the next self-employment income support scheme grant (a) can be claimed and (b) will be paid.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	143830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting self-employed people during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The third SEISS grant covered the three-month period from November 2020 until January 2021. It was a taxable grant calculated at 80 per cent of three months’ average monthly trading profits, paid out in a single instalment of up to £7,500.</p><p> </p><p>The fourth grant will cover February to April 2021. The Government will set out further details in due course.</p><p>Furthermore, the SEISS continues to be just one element of a substantial package of support for the self-employed which includes 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 01/02/2021 15:28:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

1280627

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government plans to retire its Chief customs system and transition to the Customs Declaration Service for GB-EU trade.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	143744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>HMRC are currently dual running both CHIEF and the Customs Declaration Service. HMRC will continue to work with key delivery partners and declarants on their readiness for CDS and any change to a single customs platform will be considered as part of HMRC’s continued joint working.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/02/2021 16:34:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1280629

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Automation
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 of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on the rate of jobs being replaced by automation.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	143696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>The objective of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is to enable employers to keep people in employment. So far, the CJRS has helped 1.2 million employers to pay the wages of 9.9 million jobs across all sectors of the economy.</p><p> </p><p>Analysis published by HMRC shows that 90 per cent of employees that left the CJRS between April and July were still on their original payroll in August, suggesting they remained working for their original employer. The OBR have also estimated that unemployment would have been higher in the second quarter of 2021 in the absence of the CJRS and other measures.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to monitor CJRS take-up, with HMRC's latest official statistics producing analysis of claims split by characteristics including employer size, sector of the economy, geography, age and gender.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/02/2021 15:29:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1280635

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
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, what steps he is taking to ensure that businesses are (a) lawfully claiming and (b) distributing funds received under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	143700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme forms part of a wider national effort to protect people’s jobs. Fraudulent claims put at risk the provision of public services and the protection of livelihoods. This could include employers claiming on an employee’s behalf and not then paying them what they are entitled to, asking employees to do work while on furlough, or making a backdated claim that includes times when workers were working.</p><p> </p><p>As part of HMRC’s commitment to transparency and to deter fraudulent claims, they will publish information about employers who claim for periods starting on or after 1 December 2020. This information can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employers-who-have-claimed-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employers-who-have-claimed-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Employees can play a vital role by reporting fraudulent claims to HMRC, via their online fraud reporting tool: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/contact/customs-excise-and-vat-fraud-reporting" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/contact/customs-excise-and-vat-fraud-reporting</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Compliance investigations are now under way, and HMRC are checking claims made through this scheme. Payments may be withheld or need to be repaid in full to HMRC if the claim is based on dishonest or inaccurate information or found to be fraudulent.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have made clear that they will not hesitate to act on reports of abuse, and the first arrest made in relation to CJRS fraud was on 8 July 2020.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/02/2021 15:27:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1280636

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Minimum Wage
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 employees supported through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme are paid the national minimum wage.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	143701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>Individuals are only entitled to the National Living Wage (NLW)/National Minimum Wage (NMW) for the hours they are working or treated as working under the NLW/NMW rules.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, under flexible furloughing, furloughed workers will be paid NMW for any hours the individual spends working. For hours not worked, i.e. time furloughed, workers will be paid the lower of 80 per cent of their salary, or £2,500. This amount – for hours not worked – is the amount the employer can claim for through the CJRS.</p><p> </p><p>If they wish, employers can top up these payments voluntarily.</p><p> </p><p>If workers are required to complete training courses during the hours they are furloughed, then they must be paid at least the appropriate 2020/21 NLW/NMW for the time spent training, even if this is more than the 80 per cent of their monthly earnings that will be subsidised. Any training should be carried out in line with the latest public health guidance.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/02/2021 15:29:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1280665

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit: Age
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average age in weeks was of the child when the first related child benefit payment was made in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	143800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>Information in the form requested is not readily available and could only be compiled at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/02/2021 15:27:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1280716

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which companies with 250 or more employees have (a) received funding from the Large Business Interruption Scheme and (b) made use of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to cover the pay of their employees; how much each company has received from each scheme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	143731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>As of 24 January 2021, 696 loans have been approved under the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme, with a total value of £5.14 billion.</p><p> </p><p>In total, the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme has received 1,091 applications. The applications figure includes approved applications; applications that are still to be processed; applications that have been declined; and applications that may turn out not to be eligible or cases where customers have decided not to proceed.</p><p> </p><p>The department does not hold data on the number of people employed by each business.</p><p> </p><p>On 26 January HMRC published a list of employers that claimed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) in respect of December claim periods. This will be followed in February by an indication of the amount claimed for the same period. HMRC’s obligation is set out in the direction that extended the scheme in November.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC release official CJRS statistics monthly which break down claims using various categories, including employer size.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are unable to provide details of claims relating to specific employers for claim periods before December 2020.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/02/2021 12:49:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1280742

registered interest
date	26/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, under what circumstances staff who work in early years settings are eligible to be furloughed during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	143853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>Staff who work in early years settings are eligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme if the employer making the claim and the relevant employee meet the eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p><p>Furloughed employees must have been employed on 30 October and HMRC must have received an RTI submission between 20 March and 30 October notifying payment in respect of that employee.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the employer to decide whether to offer to furlough an employee.</p><p> </p><p>If an employer has staff costs that are publicly funded, even if they are not in the public sector, they should use that money to continue paying staff, and not furlough them. Organisations can use the scheme if they are not fully funded by public grants, and they should contact their sponsor department or respective administration for further guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Full eligibility criteria for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is communicated through GOV.UK guidance: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-if-you-could-be-covered-by-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-if-you-could-be-covered-by-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/02/2021 15:21:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq