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1272116

registered interest
date	18/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Roads: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the National Infrastructure Commission has not developed a methodology for estimating the carbon impact of building additional road capacity.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	131221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>The National Infrastructure Commission provides impartial, expert advice on national infrastructure priorities. It has discretion to determine independently its work programme, methodologies and recommendations, as well as the content of its reports.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/01/2021 12:09:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1272342

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-assessment: Coronavirus
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 extending the deadline for submission of tax returns given the varying and continuing covid-19 restrictions throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
uin	131287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government has carefully considered the arguments for extending the Self-Assessment filing date from 31 January and has decided on balance not to do so. The January deadline has been in place for many years and changing it could undermine customer understanding and trust in how the Self-Assessment system works. However, the Government recognises that some taxpayers will have difficulty submitting their Self-Assessment return due to the impact COVID-19 has had on their personal or business circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not charge penalties for failure to submit a return on time where taxpayers have a reasonable excuse. HMRC’s guidance explains that they will accept the impact of COVID-19 as a reasonable excuse for submitting a return late, provided that taxpayers explain how they were affected and submit the return as soon as they can. More information is available in the HMRC online guidance covering the reasonable excuse provisions.</p><p> </p><p>Once they have submitted their return, taxpayers who are unable to pay all of their Self-Assessment tax due on 31 January can access HMRC’s enhanced Time to Pay arrangements. These allow liabilities of up to £30,000 – increased from £10,000 – to be paid in up to 12 instalments without having to contact HMRC beforehand.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/01/2021 13:29:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

1272357

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what investments the UK Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund, managed by Zouk Capital, has made to date; in which companies those investments were made; and the amount of each investment.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	131163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The CIIF was launched in August 2019, and Zouk Capital LLP was appointed to manage £200m of Treasury funds and raise matching funds from private investors. The aim of the CIIF is to accelerate the roll-out of publicly accessible charging infrastructure by investing in new and existing companies and projects that produce and install charge points; this is so that charging infrastructure is not an impediment to the growth of the electric vehicle market in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The fund's first investment in August 2019 was into <em>InstaVolt</em>, the UK’s largest owner and operator of rapid EV charging stations with plans to nationally bolster rapid charge points to a total of 5,000. The second investment in May 2020 focuses on providing on-street charging facilities in large cities and towns where many residents have no access to off-street parking; <em>Liberty Charge</em>, a joint venture between multinational telecommunications company Liberty Global and Zouk Capital, will roll out on-street residential electric vehicle charging points in the UK to address this shortage.</p><p> </p><p>The investment amounts are commercially sensitive and therefore confidential.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/01/2021 13:47:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1271618

registered interest
date	16/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bankruptcy: Tax Avoidance
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 subject to the Loan Charge who have been declared bankrupt.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	130647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>No estimate of the number of individual bankruptcies has been made, although the original impact assessment acknowledges that there are likely to be some. The impact assessment can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disguised-remuneration-further-update/disguised-remuneration-further-update" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disguised-remuneration-further-update/disguised-remuneration-further-update</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC cannot provide an estimate for the number of people subject to the Loan Charge who have been declared bankrupt, as they could have been declared bankrupt for many reasons and not necessarily as a direct result of a Loan Charge liability. HMRC are not always the only creditor and some people may be declared bankrupt as a result of a non-HMRC debt, and some individuals may choose to enter insolvency themselves based on their overall financial position.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC only ever consider insolvency as a last resort, and encourage people to contact them to agree the best way to settle their tax debts. Anyone who is worried about being able to pay what they owe is encouraged to get in touch with HMRC as soon as possible on 03000 599110.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/01/2021 14:58:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1271620

registered interest
date	16/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Taxation
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 improve the payment rates of corporate tax.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	130642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) keep corporation tax payment policy under regular review with continuing engagement with businesses, agents and representative bodies in response to taxpayer need.</p><p>HMRC have acted to speed up the process by which companies which are affected by coronavirus and experiencing cash flow problems can make claims for repayment of corporation tax, by permitting early claims against anticipated losses. This gets cash to businesses hardest hit by the pandemic, helping to minimise the risk of business failure in the months and years ahead and thereby ensuring the continuity of corporation tax receipts in the future.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/01/2021 13:06:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1271628

registered interest
date	16/12/2020
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, for what reason he decided to withdraw the Job Retention Bonus.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	130765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>The objective of the Job Retention Bonus (JRB) was to incentivise employers to retain employees between November and the end of January through a £1,000 bonus paid to the employer. The extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) allows employers to do that until the end of April by covering 80% of the furloughed employees’ wages. The policy intent of the JRB therefore fell away with the extension of the CJRS. The Government will set out details of how a revised retention incentive will work in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/01/2021 13:08:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1271854

registered interest
date	16/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Eat Out to Help Out Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many restaurants registered for the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme; how many meals were claimed through that scheme; and how much was claimed in each (i) Local Authority District, (ii) parliamentary constituency and (iii) Middle Layer Super Output Area in each week when that scheme was operational.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	130852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>HMRC published official statistics on the Eat Out to Help Out scheme on 25 November. Local area statistics covering local authority district and parliamentary constituencies will be published at a later date. The requested information cannot be provided by middle layer super output area due to the risk of identifying individual taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/01/2021 14:54:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1271186

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Protective Clothing: VAT
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 effect of the ending of the temporary VAT reduction on personal protective equipment on funeral director companies.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The temporary zero rate was an extraordinary measure introduced to help affected sectors (such as hospitals and care homes) during the initial shock of the COVID-19 crisis, when global supply of PPE did not meet demand and PPE was procured directly from the open market.</p><p> </p><p>DHSC have now committed in the Winter Plan to provide free PPE for COVID-19 needs to adult social care until March 2021 via the PPE portal and will supply all other adult social care services that will not be supplied via the PPE portal via a combination of the local resilience forums and local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The funeral sector source their own PPE through their normal supply routes. In extreme circumstances, there is provision for them to approach their local resilience forum or local authority to discuss access to an emergency supply.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 130028 130029 question first answered 11/01/2021 13:53:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1271187

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Protective Clothing: VAT Zero Rating
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 which sectors of the economy have been most affected by increases in the cost of personal protective equipment since the ending of the temporary VAT exemption on that equipment on 31 October 2020.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The temporary zero rate was an extraordinary measure introduced to help affected sectors (such as hospitals and care homes) during the initial shock of the COVID-19 crisis, when global supply of PPE did not meet demand and PPE was procured directly from the open market.</p><p> </p><p>DHSC have now committed in the Winter Plan to provide free PPE for COVID-19 needs to adult social care until March 2021 via the PPE portal and will supply all other adult social care services that will not be supplied via the PPE portal via a combination of the local resilience forums and local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The funeral sector source their own PPE through their normal supply routes. In extreme circumstances, there is provision for them to approach their local resilience forum or local authority to discuss access to an emergency supply.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 130027 130029 question first answered 11/01/2021 13:53:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1271188

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Protective Clothing: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to support funeral director companies to access Government stocks of personal protective equipment after the end of the temporary VAT reduction on those items.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The temporary zero rate was an extraordinary measure introduced to help affected sectors (such as hospitals and care homes) during the initial shock of the COVID-19 crisis, when global supply of PPE did not meet demand and PPE was procured directly from the open market.</p><p> </p><p>DHSC have now committed in the Winter Plan to provide free PPE for COVID-19 needs to adult social care until March 2021 via the PPE portal and will supply all other adult social care services that will not be supplied via the PPE portal via a combination of the local resilience forums and local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The funeral sector source their own PPE through their normal supply routes. In extreme circumstances, there is provision for them to approach their local resilience forum or local authority to discuss access to an emergency supply.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 130027 130028 question first answered 11/01/2021 13:53:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson