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1228710

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Eat Out to Help Out Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the businesses taking part in the Eat Out to Help Out scheme.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	82248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>The Eat Out to Help Out (EOHO) scheme ran from 3 August to 31 August. During this period restaurants and other establishments registered for the EOHO scheme featured on a GOV.UK Restaurant Finder. The Finder allowed consumers to search for participating restaurants in a local area.</p><p> </p><p>Details of restaurants, owned by businesses with 25 or fewer outlets, were also published as a CSV file on GOV.UK. That file is currently still available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/09/2020 10:46:30 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1228728

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions the exemption in relation to the multiple dwellings relief for property transactions of six or more separate dwellings FA03/S116(7) was used in 2018-19; and what estimate he has made of the revenue foregone to the public purse as a result of that relief.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Anthony Browne
uin	82530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>Information on multiple dwellings relief is available; this information available relates to two or more properties. The cost of this relief and the number of people claiming the relief was published in the publication ‘Estimated cost of structural tax reliefs’ in October 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Specific information for six or more properties would only be available at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/09/2020 15:31:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne

1228729

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions the exemption in relation to the multiple dwellings relief for property transactions of six or more separate dwellings FA03/S116(7) was used in 2017-18; and what estimate he has made of the revenue foregone to the public purse as a result of that relief.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Anthony Browne
uin	82531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>Information on multiple dwellings relief is available; this information available relates to two or more properties. The cost of this relief was published in the publication ‘Estimated cost of structural tax reliefs’ in October 2019. The number of cases claiming that relief is available in the Annual Stamp Taxes Publication which was also published in October 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Specific information for six or more properties would only be available at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/09/2020 15:34:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne

1228765

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duties: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of backdating the reduction in stamp duty to the start of the covid-19 lockdown.
tabling member constituency	Tynemouth
tabling member printed	Sir Alan Campbell
uin	81578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The SDLT relief is intended to encourage confidence in the property market and support the wider economy. Backdating the SDLT relief retrospectively would not support this aim, and would inevitably lead to borderline cases for purchases completed at an earlier point.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/09/2020 15:25:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	529 label Biography information for Sir Alan Campbell

1228784

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Services: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the letter from the HM Treasury Correspondence and Enquiry Unit of 2 July 2020 to the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead, ref MC2020/19806, on irrecoverable VAT in the homecare sector, if he will change the VAT status of social care services to zero-rated rather than exemption.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	81654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>Under the current VAT rules, many care services provided by charities, public bodies and regulated private welfare institutions are exempt from VAT, meaning no VAT is charged on their services. The Government has no plans to review the VAT treatment of these services at present.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/09/2020 15:15:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1228824

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the level of business taxation for the (a) physical and (b) digital economy.
tabling member constituency	Tatton
tabling member printed	Esther McVey
uin	81859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The widespread adoption of digital technologies means it is difficult to distinguish between the physical and digital economy.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government recognises the need to ensure that business taxes deliver fair and sustainable outcomes when applied to different operating models.</p><p> </p><p>It is for this reason that the Government has introduced the Digital Services Tax, while also seeking long-term reform of international corporate tax rules.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/09/2020 15:28:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey

1228918

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to increase the minimum wage to the Living Wage Foundation's recommendation of £9.30 in the next Budget.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	82522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW) has delivered the fastest pay rise for the lowest earners in 20 years; the latest increase saw a full-time worker’s annual pay rise over £3,680 since its introduction. Through the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage (NMW), the Government remains committed to supporting the lowest paid workers for their hard work and valuable contribution to the economy.</p><p> </p><p>The NMW and NLW rates are legal minimum thresholds whereas the Living Wage is a voluntary minimum rate of pay. The Government commends the work of the Living Wage Foundation and those employers who commit to paying the voluntary Living Wage where they can afford to do so.</p><p> </p><p>At Spring Budget 2020 the Government reinforced its commitment to an ambitious target for the National Living Wage to reach two-thirds of median earnings by 2024 provided economic conditions allow.</p><p>The Government looks forward to receiving the recommendations for 2021’s minimum wage rates from the independent Low Pay Commission in the Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/09/2020 16:22:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1228936

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Blood Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend financial support through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to people with blood cancer who have been shielding during the covid-19 outbreak who (a) cannot work from home and (b) have been advised to continue shielding from August 2020.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	82523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that COVID-19 has posed significant challenges for those suffering with cancer. This group has access to the unprecedented package of support for people’s incomes that the Government has introduced in response to COVID-19. This includes the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), but also the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), changes to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) and the £9.3 billion which the OBR estimates the Government has injected into the welfare system.</p><p>From 1 August the Government relaxed advice to those shielding, bringing it in line with the advice to those who are clinically vulnerable. Employees who are unable to work because they are clinically extremely vulnerable but cannot work from home or work safely on site can be furloughed. However, such employees can only continue to be furloughed from 1 July if they have previously been furloughed for at least 3 consecutive weeks taking place at any time between 1 March 2020 and 30 June.</p><p> </p><p>Those who live or work in local lockdown areas who receive a notification that they need to shield will be eligible for SSP for as long as the advice for them to shield remains in place (subject to the normal eligibility conditions). Individuals will be able to use this notification as evidence for their employer that they cannot work, including for SSP purposes.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/09/2020 15:10:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1229048

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Insulation
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 merits of introducing stamp duty relief for owners of properties affected by the costs of cladding replacement and who are planning to sell up and buy a new home.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	82625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government does not currently have any plans to relieve SDLT from owners of properties where cladding is replaced. The Government keeps all tax policy, including on SDLT, under review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/09/2020 15:25:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1229061

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Eat Out to Help Out Scheme
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 ensure that discounts under the Eat Out To Help Out scheme are not given to people who have been recorded as eating in but who have taken food out.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	82297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>Businesses were required to check and record that the customer intended to eat in before they applied the discount.</p><p> </p><p>The business is required to state the number of covers during the claims process and to retain records to support their Eat Out to Help Out claims, which should be provided to HMRC on request.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC carry out checks on claims, taking appropriate action to withhold payments for claims found to be dishonest or inaccurate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/09/2020 15:44:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan