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1287167

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Enterprises: Tax Allowances
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 effectiveness of self investment tax relief as an incentive to people investing in social enterprise.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	155495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>The Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) was introduced in 2014 to encourage risk finance investments in qualifying social enterprises and charities. HMRC statistics show that up to 2018-19, about 110 enterprises have used the scheme to raise £11.2 million.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes and reliefs under review in order to ensure they continue to meet policy objectives in a way that is fair and effective. The Government previously published a Call for Evidence on SITR’s use to date. A response to the consultation will be published in due course and a decision on SITR’s future will be announced at the Budget ahead of its sunset clause in April 2021.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 155389 question first answered 01/03/2021 13:02:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1278768

registered interest
date	20/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Business Rates
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 how business rates relief supports supply chain businesses in the hospitality, leisure and retail sectors during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	140977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 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>The Government understands the impact that COVID-19 has had on businesses, and has provided various schemes to support firms, including those within the supply chain, including Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans, Bounce Back Loans, grants and VAT deferrals.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 140980 question first answered 26/01/2021 14:17:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1278775

registered interest
date	20/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates: 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 merits of providing business rates relief for supply chain businesses affected by the national lockdown.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	140980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 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>The Government understands the impact that COVID-19 has had on businesses, and has provided various schemes to support firms, including those within the supply chain, including Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans, Bounce Back Loans, grants and VAT deferrals.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 140977 question first answered 26/01/2021 14:17:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1277514

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	Wholesale Trade: Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on extending Business Rates Relief to food service wholesalers.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	139178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 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>The Government understands the impact that COVID-19 has had on businesses, and has provided various schemes to support specific firms such as wholesalers, including Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans, Bounce Back Loans, grants and VAT deferrals.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of ministerial discussions are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 139029 question first answered 21/01/2021 14:41:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1254893

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Directors: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many directors of small companies file their PAYE RTI returns annually.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	120185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>PAYE schemes that pay their employees annually all in the same tax month may register as an ‘annual scheme’. Further information can be found on gov.uk at the following link (see section: Annual payroll scheme for PAYE): <a href="https://www.gov.uk/running-payroll/changing-paydays" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/running-payroll/changing-paydays</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information on which PAYE schemes are operated by small companies and which are operated by other types of employer such as sole traders and partnerships is not readily available for all PAYE schemes.</p><p> </p><p>Among all PAYE schemes, not just those that are operated by small companies, the number of registered PAYE schemes that were live on 8 October 2020 (the date this information was extracted) and were registered as an ‘annual scheme’ was 33,300.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 119963 question first answered 02/12/2020 15:30:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1245531

registered interest
date	21/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Job Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Job Support Scheme will be based on the percentage of monthly hours worked and not weekly hours worked as per the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	107143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2020 answer text <p>Details of the Job Support Scheme are set out in the JSS Policy Paper published on 22 October 2020: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-job-support-scheme/the-job-support-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-job-support-scheme/the-job-support-scheme</a>. Further details will be set out in full guidance shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/10/2020 15:00:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1245532

registered interest
date	21/10/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Job Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what communications are required from employers with their employees who will be placed on the Job Support Scheme for the purposes of (a) record-keeping, (b) administration and (c) claims.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	107144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2020 answer text <p>To support individuals and businesses to deal with the challenges created by coronavirus during this winter, the Government is providing additional support to help employers retain their employees through the Job Support Scheme. The scheme will open on 1 November 2020 and run for 6 months. Employers will be able to make a claim online through GOV.UK from 8 December 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Communications requirements from employers with employees on the Job Support Scheme are set out in the policy paper published on 22 October:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-job-support-scheme/the-job-support-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-job-support-scheme/the-job-support-scheme</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will publish further guidance by the end of October.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/10/2020 15:08:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1233708

registered interest
date	11/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to prevent tax avoidance by (a) corporations and (b) individuals.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	88946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling tax avoidance and evasion at all levels in order to ensure that everyone, no matter who they are, pays the right amount of tax at the right time.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010 the Government has taken significant action, including introducing over 120 new measures tackling tax avoidance, evasion and other forms of non-compliance. This action has secured and protected over £220 billion that would have otherwise gone unpaid, helping to reduce the avoidance tax gap from £3.7 billion in 2005 to 2006 to £1.7 billion in 2018 to 2019.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/09/2020 13:09:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1233710

registered interest
date	11/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to reduce tax avoidance in (a) Bermuda, (b) the Cayman Islands, (c) the British Virgin Islands, (d) Anguilla, (e) the Turks and Caicos Islands, (f) Montserrat, (g) Gibraltar, (h) the Channel Islands, and (i) the Isle of Man.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	88947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>The Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories are autonomous jurisdictions with their own democratically elected governments, who have the mandate to decide their own fiscal policies. However, thanks to UK leadership, all Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories with a financial centre have made commitments to implementing global standards on tax transparency.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/09/2020 13:14:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1233711

registered interest
date	11/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: South Yorkshire
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 effect of the annual cost of tax avoidance on South Yorkshire’s economy and services.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	88948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2020 answer text <p>Tax avoidance contributes to the overall tax gap estimates HMRC publish. However, HMRC do not make regional estimates of the tax gap related to tax avoidance.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the 2020 Measuring the Tax Gap publication, HMRC estimated that £1.7bn of tax liability was unpaid due to tax avoidance in the 2018-19 financial year, reduced from £3.7bn in 2005-06.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are committed to bearing down on tax avoidance wherever it occurs.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/09/2020 13:08:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford