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1193607

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Food: Waste Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether food and drink wholesalers are eligible to claim tax relief on food they dispose of as a result of it passing its use by or best before date as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	43991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2020 answer text <p>Businesses include the costs of purchases, which depending on the trade may include perishable goods, in their calculation of trading profits and achieve tax relief in this way. This is regardless of whether the goods are sold or disposed of as a result of the trading conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/05/2020 11:57:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1193624

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
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, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to support workers employed on or before 19 March 2020 who had not been added to their employer’s payroll via RTI submission.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	43879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2020 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is open to any individual who was on an employer’s PAYE payroll on or before 19 March 2020 and for whom HMRC received an RTI submission notifying payment in respect of that employee on or before the 19 March 2020. Processing claims for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme where HMRC did not have RTI data by 19 March would significantly slow down the system while risking substantial levels of fraud. It would also require greater resource for HMRC when they are already under significant pressure to deliver the system designed.</p><p> </p><p>Those not eligible for the scheme may have access to other support which the Government is providing, including a package of temporary welfare measures and up to three months’ mortgage payment holidays for those who may be in difficulty with mortgage payments.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 43970 question first answered 15/05/2020 12:16:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1193641

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
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 enable employers to notify HMRC of employees that started work in (a) February and (b) March 2020 but were not included in a real time information submission to HMRC before 19 March 2020 to enable employers to add their employees to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	43970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2020 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is open to any individual who was on an employer’s PAYE payroll on or before 19 March 2020 and for whom HMRC received an RTI submission notifying payment in respect of that employee on or before the 19 March 2020. Processing claims for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme where HMRC did not have RTI data by 19 March would significantly slow down the system while risking substantial levels of fraud. It would also require greater resource for HMRC when they are already under significant pressure to deliver the system designed.</p><p> </p><p>Those not eligible for the scheme may have access to other support which the Government is providing, including a package of temporary welfare measures and up to three months’ mortgage payment holidays for those who may be in difficulty with mortgage payments.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 43879 question first answered 15/05/2020 12:16:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1193642

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
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, if he will amend the terms of the Self-Employed Income Support scheme to enable people that registered as self-employed with HMRC after 6 April 2019 to access that scheme.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	43971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2020 answer text <p>It has not been possible to include those who began trading after the 2018-19 tax year in the Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). This was a very difficult decision and it was taken for practical reasons.</p><p> </p><p>Unlike employee income, self-employed income is not reported monthly, but at the end of each tax year on the individual’s Income Tax Self Assessment return. This means that the most reliable and up-to-date record of self-employed income is from 2018-19 tax returns, which were due at the end of January 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that those who started trading more recently will not have submitted a tax return for the 2018-19 tax year, and it considered alternative approaches. However, 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> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/05/2020 11:59:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1193660

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
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 (a) businesses are using the furlough scheme and (b) employees have been furloughed in (i) Wansbeck, (ii) Northumberland, (iii) the North East and (iv) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	43928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>Applications for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) opened on Monday 20<sup>th</sup> April. By close 3 May 2020, HMRC had received 800,000 claims representing 6.3m furloughed employments and £8bn.</p><p> </p><p>This is a new scheme and HMRC are currently working through the analysis they will be able to provide based on the data available. HMRC will make the timescales for publication and the types of data available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/05/2020 16:20:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1193666

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
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, what steps he has taken to enable people to check (a) if their National Insurance number is registered on the HMRC Real Time Information system, (b) the last date of registration, (c) the identity of their registered employer and (d) whether their National Insurance number is (i) registered and (ii) proposed for registration under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and by which employer.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	43961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>HMRC’s Real Time Information system can only be accessed by an employer or an agent authorised to act on an employers’ behalf.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are not be able to provide information about individual Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) applications to employees.</p><p> </p><p>If an employee is concerned that their employer has not claimed on their behalf when entitled to do so, the employee should speak to their employer.</p><p> </p><p>If an employee suspects that their employer is abusing the scheme, they should report them to HMRC using the iForm on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/05/2020 16:19:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1193680

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Migrants: Coronavirus
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 Home Secretary on the potential merits of removing the no recourse to public funds conditions during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	44000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2020 answer text <p>The Chancellor and Home Secretary have regular discussions on matters of importance for the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office leads on policy towards those with no recourse to public funds (NRPF) and is working closely with the Treasury and other government departments, including the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Department of Health and Social Care to support people, including migrants with NRPF, through this crisis. Departments are sharing what they are learning from other bodies and charities with each other to ensure that the Government continues to take a compassionate and pragmatic approach to an unprecedented situation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/05/2020 14:15:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1193717

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
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 his Department will issue guidance to big businesses using the Job Retention Scheme to not issue large bonuses to their executives.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	43925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2020 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is designed to help employers whose operations have been severely affected by coronavirus to retain their employees and protect the UK economy. All employers are eligible for the scheme and the Government recognises that different businesses will face different impacts from coronavirus.</p><p> </p><p>To claim, employers must have created and started a PAYE payroll scheme on or before 19 March 2020; enrolled for PAYE online; and have a UK bank account. No other eligibility conditions apply. Full guidance can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a>. Adding further restrictions would reduce the number of employees who would be eligible for this important financial support.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/05/2020 15:27:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1193719

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
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 applications for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme have been refused.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	43926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2020 answer text <p>To be eligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme an employer must have furloughed employees for a minimum of 3 weeks, have a PAYE scheme registered on HMRC’s real time information system for PAYE on 19 March 2020, be enrolled for PAYE online and have a UK bank account. If an employer is eligible a claim will be accepted.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/05/2020 12:18:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1193720

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
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, how many applications for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme have been refused.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	43927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2020 answer text <p>The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) claims service opened on 13 May 2020, ahead of schedule. Eligibility for SEISS is based on average trading profits for sole traders and income from partnerships. More information on the eligibility criteria can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-grant-through-the-coronavirus-covid-19-self-employment-income-support-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-grant-through-the-coronavirus-covid-19-self-employment-income-support-scheme</a></p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not refuse applications for the scheme. People are either eligible to apply for SEISS and therefore given access to the service, or they are ineligible and not given access. Eligibility is based strictly on the criteria set by the Chancellor.</p><p> </p><p>Figures relating to the number identified as potentially eligible, yet not claiming, are not available as this is not a HMRC decision. Once the scheme is closed, HMRC will be able to quantify how many of those identified as potentially eligible did not apply.</p><p> </p><p>Those ineligible for SEISS may still benefit from other support. Individuals may have access to a range of grants and loans depending on their circumstances, and the SEISS supplements the significant support already announced for UK businesses, including the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme and the deferral of tax payments. 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><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/05/2020 18:04:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali