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date	23/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Leisure: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to extend the 5 per cent VAT rate in response to the covid-19 outbreak for indoor leisure to March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	174116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The temporary reduced rate of VAT (5 per cent) was introduced on 15 July 2020 to support the cash flow and viability of about 150,000 businesses and protect over 2.4 million jobs in the hospitality and tourism sectors. Admission to leisure centres is not included within the reduced rate, but where a leisure centre operates activity that falls within the reduced rate, e.g. an on-site café, that service will qualify.</p><p> </p><p>As announced at Budget 2021, the Government has extended the temporary reduced rate of VAT for hospitality and tourism and it will now end on 30 September 2021. In addition, to help businesses manage the transition back to the standard rate, a 12.5 per cent rate will then apply for a further six months, until 31 March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>This relief already comes at a £7 billion cost to the Exchequer, and there are no plans to extend the scope of the reduced rate. While some businesses in some sectors are disappointed, a boundary for eligibility had to be drawn.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has made available a comprehensive wider package of support which includes extensions to the furlough scheme; extensions to the COVID-19 loan schemes; grant support; a business rates holiday for all retail, hospitality and leisure business properties; mortgage holidays; enhanced Time to Pay for taxes; and VAT deferrals.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/04/2021 14:28:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1305094

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date	23/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Leisure: Business Rates
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 the business rates holiday in response to the covid-19 outbreak for indoor leisure to March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	174117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The Budget announced a three-month extension to the business rates holiday for eligible businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors that was provided at Budget 2020. This means over 350,000 properties will pay no business rates for three months.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 July 2021, 66% relief will be available subject to a cash cap that depends on whether businesses have been required to close or were able to open. This additional relief takes the total value of support in 2021-22 to £6 billion and means the vast majority of businesses will on average receive 75% relief across the year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/04/2021 14:46:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1305103

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date	23/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Immigration: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC has taken to share Highly Skilled Tier 1 (General) migrant data with the Home Office for indefinite leave to remain decisions.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	174258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>Where legally permitted and proportionate, HMRC undertake to share data with the Home Office (HO) under the relevant legislation and where requested by HO, which is governed by a single Partnership Agreement.</p><p>The Partnership Agreement sets out the framework under which HMRC and HO work together. Under this partnership agreement, HMRC may undertake to share data where there is a Data Usage Agreement (DUA) or Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the purpose outlined within the agreements.</p><p>These documents are signed off by both departments and outline the approved legal gateway for the data share, the purpose of the data share, how the data will be used, what data is to be shared and how, data security obligations, and data retention policy.</p><p>HMRC have extensive senior governance in place to assure that DUAs adhere to legal requirements and are proportionate in their requests. All DUAs are assessed under relevant legislation and are reviewed under a regular schedule. Secure data transfer infrastructure is in place for data exchange, and data is only permitted to be used for the agreed purpose.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/04/2021 14:34:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan