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1666531

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Helicopters: Storms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Civil Aviation Authority on the operation of offshore helicopter transport services during Storm Babet.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	203832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Safety is of primary importance in aviation. Helicopter operators throughout the UK are responsible for their own operations, and for ensuring they remain aware of weather and storm warnings.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has not held meetings with the Civil Aviation Authority on the operation of offshore helicopter transport services during Storm Babet.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/10/2023 06:56:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1666532

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Helicopters: Storms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many offshore helicopter transport flights were cancelled as a result of weather warnings issued in connection with Storm Babet.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	203833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Safety is of primary importance in aviation. Helicopter operators throughout the UK are responsible for their own operations, and for ensuring they remain aware of weather and storm warnings.</p><p> </p><p>Contracts between offshore helicopter operators and duty holders are commercial contracts between the parties, and the Department has no role in them.</p><p> </p><p>Helicopter flights are private operations and the Department does not hold data on helicopter flight cancellations.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 203834 question first answered 26/10/2023 07:16:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1666533

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Helicopters: Storms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of Storm Babet on contracts between offshore helicopter operators and duty holders in the offshore oil and gas industry.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	203834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Safety is of primary importance in aviation. Helicopter operators throughout the UK are responsible for their own operations, and for ensuring they remain aware of weather and storm warnings.</p><p> </p><p>Contracts between offshore helicopter operators and duty holders are commercial contracts between the parties, and the Department has no role in them.</p><p> </p><p>Helicopter flights are private operations and the Department does not hold data on helicopter flight cancellations.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 203833 question first answered 26/10/2023 07:16:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1654831

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Helicopters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the annual helicopter flying hours were in the offshore oil and gas sector in each year from 2018 to 2022.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	195417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2023 answer text <p>Neither the Department for Transport (DfT) nor the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) hold this information. As North Sea helicopter movements are non-scheduled, operators do not provide flight data to the CAA. Only the operators themselves will hold this data.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/09/2023 15:05:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1316732

registered interest
date	20/05/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy objectives are in extending IR35 to offshore energy workers in the (a) oil and gas and (b) renewables sector.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	4597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p>The off-payroll working rules (commonly known as IR35) have been in place for over twenty years and are designed to ensure that individuals working like employees but through their own company, usually a personal service company (PSC), pay broadly the same Income Tax and National Insurance contributions (NICs) as those who are directly employed.</p><p> </p><p>However, non-compliance with these rules was widespread. It is estimated that this non-compliance in the private and voluntary sectors would cost the Exchequer £1.3 billion per year by 2023/24 if not addressed, denying the taxpayer significant funding for public services. This is not a new tax; the reform will improve compliance with existing rules by moving the responsibility for determining whether the off-payroll working rules apply from the individual's company to the client engaging them.</p><p> </p><p>The Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) published at Spring Budget 2021 sets out that nationally, the reform of the off-payroll working rules is expected to affect about 180,000 individuals across all sectors outside the public sector who are working through their own companies, and who would be employed if engaged directly. No specific assessment has been made of the potential impact on offshore energy workers.</p><p> </p><p>The TIIN can be found on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Falling within the off-payroll working tax rules does not change an individual's status for employment rights; there are separate legal frameworks for determining employment status for tax and for rights, with no direct link between the two.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 4596 question first answered 25/05/2021 16:08:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1316733

registered interest
date	20/05/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Divers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last discussed with HMRC the tax codes for income earned by commercial divers in the (a) inshore and (b) offshore sectors.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	4598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p><br>All parts of the tax system are kept under review. It would be inappropriate to divulge specific topics of conversation between Ministers and officials.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/05/2021 16:07:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1310563

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UAE-UK Sovereign Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Department for International Trade’s announcement of 24 March 2021 on the Sovereign Investment Partnership between the UK and the United Arab Emirates, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of that partnership on tax incentives for (a) businesses and (b) investors in the Tees Freeport.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	184439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government has developed an attractive and ambitious policy offer for freeports, including tax reliefs, which it is working to introduce as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury welcomes the Sovereign Investment Partnership announced by DIT and the benefits it will bring to places like Tees.</p><p> </p><p>The precise impacts in freeports will ultimately depend on individual businesses and investors, and MHCLG are currently working with each of the announced freeports to agree their plans.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/04/2021 15:04:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1310565

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Capital Allowances: Freeports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Enhanced Capital Allowance scheme intended to apply within Freeport tax sites is planned to be claimable on qualifying new plant and machinery purchased outside the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	184441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>This Enhanced Capital Allowance scheme is designed to incentivise companies to invest in plant and machinery in freeport tax sites. There is no restriction specific to this scheme in respect of purchasing assets abroad. Qualifying plant and machinery purchased outside of the UK will be eligible for the Enhanced Capital Allowance for freeport tax sites. The main requirements in order to qualify for this relief are that such plant and machinery must be new, it must be primarily for use in a freeport tax site, and the relief is only available to companies within the charge to corporation tax with trading businesses or carrying on certain other activities. This Enhanced Capital Allowance will be available for qualifying expenditure incurred during the period from when the relevant freeport tax site is designated until 30 September 2026. As for other capital allowances for plant and machinery, the expenditure must be incurred by the business carrying out the qualifying activity and the plant or machinery must be owned by that company or deemed to be owned by that company under the capital allowance rules.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/04/2021 14:57:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1279945

registered interest
date	25/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Supply Teachers
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 making use of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme compulsory for education supply staff.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	142918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2021 answer text <p>Agency workers, including supply teachers, are eligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) in the same way as other employees and can continue to be claimed for during periods of school closure provided that the usual eligibility criteria are met. However, the furloughing of staff through the CJRS is a voluntary arrangement, entered at the employers’ discretion and agreed by employees.</p><p> </p><p>Functions given to HMRC under the Coronavirus Act 2020 to implement the CJRS do not enable Government to require employers to furlough their staff or alternatively require employees to agree to be furloughed. It is not for the Government to decide whether an individual firm should put its staff on furlough.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education has published detailed guidance on the application of financial support schemes for the education sector, including for supply staff with various different employment arrangements, on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/01/2021 16:10:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1279686

registered interest
date	22/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Working Tax Credit
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 paying childcare tax credits directly to childcare providers.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	141980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>The childcare element of Working Tax Credit is intended to facilitate parental employment and is considered to be most effective when paid directly as part of a tax credits award, so that parents are afforded more of the choice and flexibility they need in order to work.</p><p> </p><p>As well as giving families flexibility and responsibility in managing their financial affairs, the current approach avoids increasing the administrative burden on providers. Given that the childcare element covers a proportion of costs, paying providers directly would add an unnecessary layer of complexity, as providers would still have to obtain the remaining costs directly from parents.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/01/2021 14:01:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham