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registered interest
date	07/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Roadchef: Employee Benefit Trusts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will bring forward legislative proposals to include the Roadchef Employee Benefits Trust in the schedule of tax free employee benefit schemes administered by HMRC.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	904399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>The administration of the tax system is a matter for HM Revenue and Customs, who have indicated that they are in dialogue with the taxpayer. It would not be appropriate for Treasury ministers to become involved in the administration of the tax system in specific cases.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>The Government keeps all tax legislation under regular review and any changes are considered in line with Government priorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/07/2020 14:01:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1220877

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
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, how many companies (a) applied for and (b) received cash grants in excess of £1,000,000 through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme as at 29 April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	69442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2020 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is administered through the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system. Up to and including 29 April 2020, 322 PAYE schemes had each submitted claims totalling in excess of £1,000,000.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs hold information on when payments were made under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme but not when the payments were received by PAYE schemes.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 69443 question first answered 14/07/2020 13:34:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1220878

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
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, which companies (a) applied for and (b) received cash grants in excess of £1,000,000 through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme as at 29 April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	69443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2020 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is administered through the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system. Up to and including 29 April 2020, 322 PAYE schemes had each submitted claims totalling in excess of £1,000,000.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs hold information on when payments were made under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme but not when the payments were received by PAYE schemes.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 69442 question first answered 14/07/2020 13:34:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1220888

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
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, for what reasons people classed as self-employed for the 2019-20 tax year only are ineligible for the Self-employment Income Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	69452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2020 answer text <p>In order to ensure that the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) is deliverable, only those who submitted a tax return for 2018-19 are eligible to apply.</p><p> </p><p>This was a difficult decision and it was taken for practical reasons.</p><p> </p><p>Although the self-employed can file returns for the 2019-20 tax year, if HMRC were to rely on these returns for the SEISS there would be an opportunity for fraudulent activity through returns where no trading activity has taken place, where trading profits have been inflated to increase the size of the grant, or where trading profits have been reduced to below the £50,000 threshold in order to become eligible.</p><p> </p><p>Unfortunately, HMRC would not be able to distinguish genuine self-employed individuals who started trading in 2019-20 from fake applications by fraudulent operators and organised criminal gangs seeking to exploit the SEISS.</p><p>The newly self-employed may still be eligible for other elements of the unprecedented financial support provided by the Government. This package includes Bounce Back loans, tax deferrals, rental support, increased levels of Universal Credit, mortgage holidays, and other business support grants.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/07/2020 13:47:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1220889

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
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, what steps his Department is taking to support people classed as self-employed for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 tax years and not the 2019-20 tax year who are ineligible for support through the Self-employment Income Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	69453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>Self-employed individuals, including members of partnerships, are eligible for the Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) if they have submitted their Income Tax Self Assessment tax return for the tax year 2018-19, continued to trade, and have been adversely affected by COVID-19. To qualify, their self-employed trading profits must be no more than £50,000 and at least equal to their non-trading income.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals who are ineligible for the SEISS may benefit from other elements of the unprecedented financial support provided by the Government. This package includes Bounce Back loans, tax deferrals, rental support, mortgage holidays, and other business support grants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 69722 question first answered 09/07/2020 07:02:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1220911

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employed: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of establishing an additional fund for self-employed people who are not eligible for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme to help cover the costs of reopening their business as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	69722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>Self-employed individuals, including members of partnerships, are eligible for the Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) if they have submitted their Income Tax Self Assessment tax return for the tax year 2018-19, continued to trade, and have been adversely affected by COVID-19. To qualify, their self-employed trading profits must be no more than £50,000 and at least equal to their non-trading income.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals who are ineligible for the SEISS may benefit from other elements of the unprecedented financial support provided by the Government. This package includes Bounce Back loans, tax deferrals, rental support, mortgage holidays, and other business support grants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 69453 question first answered 09/07/2020 07:02:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne

1220917

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Finance: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people in financial difficulty who are not eligible for any of the Government's support schemes during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	69458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided a comprehensive economic response that is one of the most generous of its kind in the world, taking unprecedented steps to support families, businesses and the most vulnerable. As well as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), this package includes Government-backed loans and grants to businesses, tax deferrals, rental support and mortgage and consumer credit holidays.</p><p> </p><p>This package also includes extra funding for the welfare safety net to help those through this outbreak who are unable to access other forms of support. The temporary welfare measures include increases to Universal Credit and Local Housing Allowance, a relaxation of the Universal Credit minimum income floor, and making Statutory Sick Pay easier to access.</p><p> </p><p>Now, the Government’s new Plan for Jobs will support, protect and create jobs. This plan will make available up to £30 billion to help kickstart the nation’s economic recovery ahead of a fuller package of medium-term recovery measures in the forthcoming Autumn Budget and Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 70537 71071 question first answered 13/07/2020 13:53:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1220926

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy: VAT
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 treating mechanical ventilation with heat recovery as an energy saving measure in order for such ventilation to qualify for a reduced rate of VAT.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	69527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2020 answer text <p>Until the transition period negotiated as part of the Withdrawal Agreement is complete, the current UK VAT rules will continue to apply.</p><p> </p><p>However, HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs are working closely together to consider any changes that may be needed to ensure that the VAT system supports the Government’s objectives for both the Net Zero Review and its wider fiscal and economic strategy.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/07/2020 13:45:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1220966

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Press: Subscriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing tax credits for (a) print and (b) online subscriptions to (i) newspapers and (ii) magazines.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	69713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the important role that media organisations, including newspapers and magazines, play at a national and local level in our democracy and the life of our communities.</p><p> </p><p>In light of this, the Cabinet Office has spent up to £35m from April to June to place Covid-19 public health messages in local and national newspapers. This advertising partnership with UK media titles has been supporting the familiar voices of over 600 national, regional and local titles across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, as announced at Budget on 11 March, the Government legislated to apply a permanent zero rate of VAT to supplies of e-publications from 1 December 2020 to support literacy and reading in all its forms. Following the outbreak of Covid-19, the Government then legislated to bring forward the implementation date to 1 May 2020, helping to reduce the cost of access to online publications while many people are confined to their homes and schools are closed.</p><p> </p><p>There are a wide range of factors to consider before introducing a new income tax relief. The Government is committed to managing the public finances in a disciplined and responsible way, targeting support where it is most needed. New tax reliefs are difficult to target in this way. They are of greatest benefit to those paying higher rates of tax and do not benefit low-income individuals whose income is already below the personal allowance.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/07/2020 13:41:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1220975

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Roadchef: Employee Benefit Trusts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to include the Roadchef Employee Benefits scheme in the schedule of tax-exempt share ownership schemes as outlined in EDM 268 on Fair tax and employee share ownership.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	69406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>The administration of the tax system is a matter for HM Revenue and Customs, who have indicated that they are in dialogue with the taxpayer. It would not be appropriate for Treasury ministers to become involved in the administration of the tax system in specific cases.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/07/2020 15:17:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis