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1232221

registered interest
date	08/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	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 introducing a VAT regime for goods similar to the EU Goods Status regime in order to limit the financial consequences for UK people losing status under that EU regime after the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	86744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2020 answer text <p>The Treasury keeps all taxes, including VAT, under review. Leaving the EU enables the UK to have its own bespoke VAT system. However, the UK starts off from a regulatory regime aligned to the EU and based on internationally agreed guidelines and principles which will continue to apply after the transition period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/09/2020 09:18:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1231936

registered interest
date	07/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fiscal Policy: 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 fiscal policy of the May 2020 OECD report entitled Tax and Fiscal Policy in response to the Coronavirus crisis: Strengthening confidence and resilience.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	86212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2020 answer text <p>The UK’s fiscal response to COVID-19 has been one of the most generous and comprehensive around the world. It has been the right thing to do to support jobs, livelihoods and the economy, and will ensure stronger public finances over the longer term.</p><p> </p><p>The immediate focus for the Government’s economic and fiscal strategy is now on ensuring that it continues to support workers and businesses as the UK recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Treasury reviews a range of reports from institutions including the OECD in the course of advising ministers. The Government will set out further details on its plans for fiscal policy at the next Budget, as the economic and fiscal outlook becomes clearer.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/09/2020 13:27:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1232250

registered interest
date	07/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the level of business rates paid by (a) public houses and (b) other businesses with similar turnover.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	86538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>In March the Chancellor announced a business rates holiday for the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors, irrespective of rateable value. This means that pubs in England will pay no business rates this year. Combined with Small Business Rates Relief, over 1 million ratepayers will pay no business rates in 2020-21. This is more than half of all properties in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/09/2020 15:50:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1231527

registered interest
date	04/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs Intermediaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals were qualified as customs intermediaries in the UK in (a) July and (b) August 2020.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	85033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2020 answer text <p>HMRC do not employ customs intermediaries directly and there are no set qualifications.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has a well-established industry of customs intermediaries that serve British businesses trading outside the EU. The sector is varied and made up of a number of different business models including specific customs brokers, freight forwarders and fast parcel operators; all of which require differing numbers of staff.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has now made available a total of £84 million to grow the sector to encompass EU trade after 2020. This is one part of the measures to support the customs intermediary sector to meet the increased demand it will see from traders at the end of the transition period.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to monitor progress carefully and keeps support under review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/09/2020 13:24:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1231528

registered interest
date	04/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Import Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many UK firms applied for a duty deferment account in (a) July 2020 and (b) August 2020.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	85034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2020 answer text <p>HMRC received 58 applications for duty deferment accounts in July and 88 in August.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/09/2020 09:47:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1231529

registered interest
date	04/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Import Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many UK firms have applied for a duty deferment account for VAT on imported goods.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	85035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2020 answer text <p>Since 1 April 2020, 283 UK businesses have applied for a duty deferment account which allows them to defer payments of import VAT.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/09/2020 09:45:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1231560

registered interest
date	04/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Job Retention Bonus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether companies that have (a) made compulsory redundancies and (b)re-hired workers on new terms and conditions will be eligible to receive payments under the job retention bonus.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	85066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2020 answer text <p>To ensure that firms are encouraged to keep employees as demand returns, the Chancellor announced the Job Retention Bonus in the Plan for Jobs on 8 July.</p><p>Alongside other conditions, to be eligible, the employees for which the employer will receive the grant will need to have been continuously employed until 31 January 2021 and still be employed by the same employer as of 31 January 2021. Employees cannot be serving a contractual or statutory notice period, that started before 1 February 2021, for the employer making a claim.</p><p>Full guidance about the Job Retention Bonus will be published at the end of September.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/09/2020 13:26:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1231600

registered interest
date	04/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Newspaper Press: Internet
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 whether newspapers with online subscription fees are passing the savings from the removal of VAT onto their consumers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	84962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government looks to businesses to pass on the benefit to customers and has encouraged them to do so. However, this is ultimately a commercial decision for businesses to make.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/09/2020 13:26:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1230553

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
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 reforms to off-payroll working rules do not result in contractors being subject to role-based blanket IR35 assessments that incorrectly classify them as operating inside IR35.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	84270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2020 answer text <p>Organisations must take reasonable care when making status determinations for the off-payroll working rules. The Government is clear that determinations must be made on a case-by-case basis, although it is acceptable to make a determination for a group of workers where the terms and conditions of contracts and working practices are the same.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s dedicated education and support team will be delivering an enhanced programme of targeted support ahead of April 2021. This will include working with client organisations to make sure they are able to correctly determine their contractors’ status for tax.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also already ensured that from April 2021 client organisations are required to introduce a client-led status disagreement process where contractors can raise their concerns with their client organisation if they disagree on how they have been categorised.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will also commission independent research into the impacts of the reform six months after it has taken effect, which will look at how status decisions are being made. This research will be presented to Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/09/2020 12:55:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1230615

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Duty Free Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the results of the consultation on duty-free and tax-free goods carried by passengers which closed on 20 May 2020.
tabling member constituency	Cities of London and Westminster
tabling member printed	Nickie Aiken
uin	84344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government continued to explore the potential digitisation of the VAT Retail Export Scheme in parallel with the consultation on the approach to duty-free and tax-free goods in Great Britain. There were a range of views submitted and the Government has today published a summary of responses to the consultation.</p><p> </p><p>After reviewing the long-term approach to tax-free goods as part of that consultation, the Government announced today that the VAT Retail Export Scheme would be withdrawn from 1 January 2021 and would therefore not be digitised or extended to EU residents.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 84345 84346 question first answered 11/09/2020 12:47:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4741 label Biography information for Nickie Aiken