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1272946

registered interest
date	30/12/2020
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 amending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme eligibility requirements so that businesses that created jobs after the 30 October 2020 PAYE submission deadline can access wage subsidy support whilst tiered restrictions are in place.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	133089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The CJRS has seen 1.2 million employers apply to help to pay the wages of 9.9 million furloughed jobs. Cut-off dates are necessary to protect taxpayers against fraud. HMT has widened access to more people by extending the cut-off to 30 October 2020, including as many people as possible by going right up to the day before the announcement, while protecting the taxpayer against the risk of fraud that exists as soon as the scheme becomes public.</p><p> </p><p>People who are ineligible for the CJRS may be eligible for the other elements of the substantial financial support package provided by the Government, including increased Local Housing Allowance rates, a relaxation of the Universal Credit minimum income floor, and measures to make Statutory Sick Pay and new style Employment and Support Allowance easier to access.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/01/2021 15:51:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1272972

registered interest
date	30/12/2020
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 make an assessment of the eligibility criteria for the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme prior to the application process opening for the fourth grant to allow people represented by #ExcludedUK to access that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	133279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government has provided, and will continue to provide, generous support to the self-employed during the COVID-19 pandemic through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). The third grant, combined with up to £14,070 worth of support for each individual from the first and second grants, makes the SEISS one of the most generous schemes for the self-employed in the world. The Government continues to take a flexible approach and keeps all impacts and policies under review. Details of the fourth SEISS grant will be available in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme is one part of a substantial package of support available for the self-employed. Those ineligible for the SEISS Grant Extension may still be eligible for other elements of the support available. The Universal Credit standard allowance has been temporarily increased for 2020-21 and the Minimum Income Floor relaxed for the duration of the crisis, so that where self-employed claimants' earnings have fallen significantly, their Universal Credit award will have increased to reflect their lower earnings. In addition to this, they may also have access to other elements of the package, including Bounce Back loans, tax deferrals, rental support, mortgage holidays, self-isolation support payments, and other business support grants.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/01/2021 14:59:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

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

1272028

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-employment Income Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he made of the potential merits of the second, third and fourth grants under the Self Employment Income Support Scheme to have a ceiling for the amount of support received, rather than a ceiling for eligibility for support, similar to the model of the Coronavirus Job Retention Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	131244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The eligibility criteria for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grants have been designed to target support at self-employed people who most need it and who are most reliant on their self-employment income. In addition, the first three SEISS grants have a cap on the amount of support it is possible to receive.</p><p> </p><p>The first SEISS grant was a taxable grant calculated at 80 per cent of three months’ average monthly trading profits, paid out in a single instalment and capped at £7,500 in total. The second SEISS grant was a taxable grant calculated at 70 per cent of three months’ average monthly trading profits, paid out in a single instalment and capped at £6,570 in total. The third SEISS grant is a taxable grant calculated at 80 per cent of three months’ average monthly trading profits, paid out in a single instalment and capped at £7,500 in total.</p><p> </p><p>There will be a fourth SEISS grant covering February to April 2021. The Government will set out further details in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/01/2021 15:58:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1272029

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-employment Income Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions since 1 April 2020 he has asked for an assessment of adequacy of the design of the Self Employment Income Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	131245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government acknowledges it has not been possible to support everyone as they might want. The Government recognises that the rules needed to ensure that the SEISS works for the vast majority may mean that some people are not eligible for the grant. However, as the NAO acknowledges, the SEISS has been successful in supporting millions of people and protecting from large scale job losses.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to take a flexible and responsive approach and has extended the SEISS, to provide support over the winter months.</p><p> </p><p>Further, on 22 October, HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs announced that the Government will carry out an evaluation of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). This will be undertaken through 2021 and 2022. This is because self-employment data necessary to carry out a full SEISS evaluation will not be available until 2022, upon receipt of Self-Assessment returns.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/01/2021 13:12:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1272030

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	Revenue and Customs: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HMRC staff have been employed at sites in Northern Ireland in each quarter of each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	131246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>The table details the HMRC staff headcount and Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) employed in Northern Ireland in each quarter of the last four years and Q1, Q2 and Q3 of 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>headcount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,507</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,504</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,754</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,871</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1364.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1344.03</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1589.22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1689.73</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>headcount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,855</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,899</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,893</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,877</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1682.09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1719.62</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1713.89</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1709.41</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>headcount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,882</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,909</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,922</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,102</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1705.01</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1716.86</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1738.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1809.8</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>headcount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,955</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,952</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,903</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1820.79</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1769.28</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1765.97</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1722.89</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q3</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>headcount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,899</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,898</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,003</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1735.12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1732.85</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1855.51</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/01/2021 13:11:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1272031

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	Revenue and Customs: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HMRC spent on staff training in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, (d) 2019 and (e) 2020 to date.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	131247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>The total amount spent on recruitment and staff training is £26.7m for 2015-16, £32.6m for 2016-17, £20.7m for 2017-18, £22.0m for 2018-19, and £30.8m for 2019-20. This data includes training at the VOA, which is part of the HMRC group.</p><p> </p><p>For 2020/21, the HMRC group have spent about £11m on recruitment and training up until 30 November 2020, and are forecasting to spend about £26m by the end of the year. However, this forecast is subject to change.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/01/2021 13:09:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1272038

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-employment Income Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the evidential basis was for the level of direct support through the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme to be set at (a) 20 per cent of prior taxable profits on 24 September 2020, (b) 40 per cent of prior taxable profits on 22 October 2020, (c) 55 per cent of prior taxable profits on 2 November 2020 and (d) 80 per cent of prior taxable profits on 5 November 2020; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	131252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government has provided, and will continue to provide, generous support to the self-employed during the COVID-19 pandemic through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) The third grant, combined with up to £14,070 worth of support for each individual from the first and second grants, makes the SEISS one of the most generous schemes for the self-employed in the world.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has adapted the generosity of the SEISS in line with the evolution of the virus. The Government’s policy responses are carefully designed to provide certainty and support to people and businesses across the UK to respond to the current public health restrictions.</p><p> </p><p>At the Winter Economy Plan, the government announced that the SEISS would be extended, with a third and fourth grant. The third grant was set at 20% of average monthly trading profits to support businesses through a period of reduced demand. As the health context changed, this was increased to 40% and provided broadly equivalent support to the Job Support Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Prime Minister’s announcement to extend the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for the month of November, the third SEISS grant was increased to 55% to provide broadly equivalent support to self-employed individuals. Following the Chancellor’s announcement to extend the CJRS until January 2021, the third SEISS grant was increased to 80% of average monthly trading profits. This is broadly equivalent to the government contribution in the CJRS.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to take a flexible approach and keep all impacts and policies under review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/01/2021 15:00:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1272039

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	Jayne-Anne Gadhia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the quarterly publication of data by the Electoral Commission on political donations, whether he was aware at the time of appointment of Jayne-Ann Gadhia as Chair of HMRC that she had given more than £20,000 to the Conservative Party since the 2019 General Election.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	131253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text Political donations made by Jayne-Anne Gadhia were fully disclosed in the course of a fair and open recruitment process conducted by HM Revenue and Customs. The department was not required to disclose to ministers political donations made by the successful applicant and, therefore, did not do so.<p> </p><p>The Chancellor has not met Jayne-Anne Gadhia.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 131254 question first answered 14/01/2021 14:51:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1272040

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	Jayne-Anne Gadhia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he met Jayne-Ann Gadhia from 14 February 2020 to 20 November 2020; and what the subject of each of those meetings was.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	131254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text Political donations made by Jayne-Anne Gadhia were fully disclosed in the course of a fair and open recruitment process conducted by HM Revenue and Customs. The department was not required to disclose to ministers political donations made by the successful applicant and, therefore, did not do so.<p> </p><p>The Chancellor has not met Jayne-Anne Gadhia.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 131253 question first answered 14/01/2021 14:51:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson