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1190992

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Empty Property: Business Rates
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 extending the eligibility period for Business rate relief to landlords of empty buildings during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	41157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government maintains an Empty Property Relief (EPR) to support property owners between the reoccupation of vacated premises. Under EPR, owners of properties do not normally have to pay business rates on newly vacated buildings for three months. Certain properties are also eligible for extended empty property relief, such as industrial premises which are exempt for up to six months.</p><p> </p><p>Properties which have closed temporarily due to the Government’s advice on COVID-19 should be treated as occupied for the purposes of the business rates holiday for retail, hospitality and leisure properties.</p><p> </p><p>A range of further measures to support all businesses, including those not eligible for the business rates holiday, has also been made available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/05/2020 15:20:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1191001

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
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 recent assessment his Department has made of the compatibility of the 2019 Loan Charge with the Rees rules on tax retrospectivity.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
uin	41187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>Sir Amyas Morse conducted an independent review of the Loan Charge. His report was published in December 2019 and the Government welcomed his finding that the Loan Charge was a justified policy to draw a line under use of disguised remuneration tax avoidance.</p><p> </p><p>The Government accepted all but one of the Review’s 20 recommendations. This included a recommendation that the Loan Charge should only apply to disguised remuneration loans which were entered into after 9 December 2010, the date from which Sir Amyas considered that the law as to the tax treatment of loan schemes was clear.</p><p>The 2019 Loan Charge is not retrospective. It is a new charge on disguised remuneration loan balances outstanding at 5 April 2019 and was announced three years before the legislation took effect.</p><p> </p><p>The Rees Rules have no bearing on the Loan Charge.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/05/2020 13:19:14 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon

1191006

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
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 has made an assessment of the effect of the requirement that staff furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme not to undertake any work on (a) the ability of SMEs to carry out pay roll operations and (b) the long term prospects for businesses that are unable to reply to (i) enquiries from customers, (ii) requests and (iii) other inquiries during closure; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	41021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2020 answer text <p>The purpose of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is to support people who would otherwise have been made redundant. To prevent fraudulent claims, the Government made it clear that individuals cannot work or volunteer for their organisation. This is to protect individuals too; if workers were allowed to volunteer for their employer, the employer could ask them to work in an effectively full time way while only paying them 80% of their wages. There is flexibility in the scheme; employers can decide how many staff to furlough, and while the minimum furlough duration is 3 weeks, employers may furlough staff multiple times while the scheme is in operation. This scheme supplements the other significant support announced for UK businesses, including the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme and the deferral of tax payments.</p><p>More information about the full range of business support measures is available at <a href="http://www.businesssupport.gov.uk/coronavirus-business-support/" target="_blank">www.businesssupport.gov.uk/coronavirus-business-support/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/05/2020 15:15:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1191008

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
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, if he will amend the Treasury Direction in relation to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to enable employers to furlough employees (a) on sick leave and (b) that were pregnant women and sent home on sick leave following the Prime Minister’s public advice statement of 16 March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	40994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>The Direction does not prevent someone from being furloughed if they are pregnant, on Statutory Sick Pay or are eligible for Statutory Sick Pay, including if they are following shielding measures in line with public health guidance. This is consistent with the published guidance and the Prime Minister’s public advice statement.</p><p>The Government is grateful for the feedback it has received on both the HM Treasury Direction and HMRC’s guidance. HMRC and HM Treasury will continue to consider these comments and will provide appropriate clarification if necessary.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/05/2020 13:42:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1191009

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment: Pregnancy
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 issue guidance to (a) businesses and (b) employers on the (i) support they are required to provide to pregnant employees and (ii) the furloughing of pregnant employees who are unable to work safely or work from home during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	40995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of being pregnant. The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 continue to apply, and guidance can be found here: https://www.hse.gov.uk/mothers/law.htm.</p><p> </p><p>An employee can be furloughed if they are pregnant, including if they are following shielding measures in line with public health guidance. When furloughing pregnant employees, the normal rules for maternity and other forms of parental leave and pay apply. Employers can claim through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) for enhanced (earnings related) contractual pay for employees who qualify for maternity pay.</p><p> </p><p>All employers are eligible to claim under the scheme and the Government recognises different businesses will face different impacts from coronavirus. Guidance on the scheme is available for employers at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-job-retention-scheme-step-by-step-guide-for-employers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-job-retention-scheme-step-by-step-guide-for-employers</a>, and for employees at <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 04/05/2020 13:37:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1191011

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Food Supply: 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 business rates relief to suppliers to the food service sector during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	41046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 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 further measures to support all businesses, including those not eligible for the business rates holiday, such as the food service sector, has also been made available. For example, the Government has launched the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help firms continue to keep people in employment, the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme offering loans of up to £5 million for SMEs through the British Business Bank, and has deferred VAT payments for this quarter.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will consider any further financial assistance necessary to help businesses get through this period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/05/2020 14:18:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1191023

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	PAYE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of employers submitted their Real-Time Information payment submissions to HMRC (a) on and (b) before 19 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	41100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>For Pay As You Earn schemes (not including occupational pension schemes) that made Real Time Information submissions relating to payments to employees in March 2019, 46% had sent at least one RTI Full Payment Submission by end of 18 March 2019. The equivalent figure for 19 March 2019 was 49%. Three per cent of schemes sent their first submission relating to payments in March 2019 on 19 March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The equivalent figures for March 2020 are also 46% by 18 March and 49% by 19 March 2020 and 3% on 19 March 2020.</p><p> </p><p>However, employees in the remaining schemes would not necessarily be ineligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Alongside other conditions, for an employee to be eligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, an RTI submission to HMRC notifying payment in respect of that employee must have been made on or before 19 March 2020. The submission does not have to relate to a payment in March to meet this criterion and could relate to an earlier month. This means, for example, that employees that had RTI submissions submitted in February but not in March would be eligible for the scheme provided other eligibility criteria are met.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 40677 question first answered 05/05/2020 11:48:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1191027

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	PAYE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees that started work with an employer between 28 February 2020 and 19 March 2020 were included in a real-time payment submission received by HMRC (a) on and (b) before 19 March 2020.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	41104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>As a result of incomplete information supplied in some PAYE full payment submissions, such as employee start dates, it is not possible to provide an answer to the question.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/05/2020 16:01:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1191032

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	PAYE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees that started work with a new employer between 28 February 2020 and 19 March 2020 were included in a Real-Time Payment Submission from that employer that reached HMRC between 20 March 2020 and 28 April 2020.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	41109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>As a result of incomplete information supplied in some PAYE full payment submissions, such as employee start dates, it is not possible for HMRC to provide an answer to the question.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/05/2020 14:08:14 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1191035

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working: 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 implications for his policies of extending financial support during the covid-19 outbreak by deferring for six months the introduction of planned tax changes to be enforced after 1 April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	41111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government has announced unprecedented support for public services, businesses and workers to protect against the current economic emergency. These steps are necessary to ensure that the country, economy and public finances are stronger in the longer term.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has not announced a six-month deferral of tax changes planned to be enforced from 1 April 2020. However, as part of the additional support the Government is providing for businesses and individuals to deal with the economic impacts of COVID-19, changes to the off-payroll working rules have been delayed for one year from 6 April 2020 to 6 April 2021. The costing implications of the delay will be subject to scrutiny by the Office for Budget Responsibility, and will be published at the next fiscal event.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/05/2020 15:43:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies