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1521484

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date	12/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Trader Support Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total cost to date of the Trader Support Service.
tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
uin	HL2523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text The total cost of the Trader Support Service from its inception to September 2022 is £309 million. answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 26/10/2022 13:33:43 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1521486

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which schemes they have introduced to facilitate trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland since the introduction of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
uin	HL2525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>Since the introduction of the Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP), the Government has introduced a range of schemes intended to help facilitate trade between Great Britain (GB) and Northern Ireland (NI), including:</p><ul><li>The Trader Support Service, which provides guidance to traders and completes customs declarations on their behalf;</li><li>The UK Trader Scheme, which allows authorised traders to move goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland without paying duty;</li><li>The Customs Duty Waiver Scheme, which allows traders to claim duty waivers within applicable limits; and</li><li>The Movement Assistance Scheme, which provides additional support for traders moving agri-food goods from GB to NI.</li></ul> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 26/10/2022 13:33:10 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1521504

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Limited Liability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the amount of national insurance contributions which would be raised if all partners of Limited Liability Partnerships were subject to employers' National Insurance contributions.
tabling member printed	Lord Leigh of Hurley
uin	HL2545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>No such assessment has been carried out as the Government has no current plans to subject members of a Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) to employer National Insurance contributions (NICs).</p><p> </p><p>Individual members of LLPs are taxed in the same way as partners in a general partnership, paying Class 4 and Class 2 NICs like other partners and self-employed individuals. If members fall within the salaried member rules introduced by the Finance Act 2014, they are taxed as employees, paying Class 1 NICs.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 26/10/2022 13:33:35 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4295 label Biography information for Lord Leigh of Hurley

1521517

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Money
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the prevalence of retailers no longer accepting cash as a form of payment; and what steps they will take to ensure that cash is accepted in all retail establishments.
tabling member printed	Lord Stone of Blackheath
uin	HL2559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>As technology and consumer behaviour changes, it should remain the choice of individual organisations as to whether to accept or decline any form of payment, including cash or card, based on their consideration of factors such as customer preference and cost.</p><p> </p><p>Nonetheless, the Government recognises that many people continue to transact in cash across the UK and engages closely with financial regulators to monitor and assess trends relating to cash. Research undertaken by the Financial Conduct Authority found that 98% of small businesses would never turn away a customer if they needed to pay by cash.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has introduced legislation to protect access to cash across the UK to Parliament as part of the Financial Services and Markets Bill 2022. The legislation will establish the Financial Conduct Authority as the lead regulator for access to cash with responsibility and powers to ensure that people can continue to access cash withdrawal and deposit facilities. This legislation will support local businesses to continue accepting cash by ensuring they have reasonable access to deposit facilities.</p><p> </p><p>Further details about the Financial Services and Markets Bill can be found on the Parliament website.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 26/10/2022 13:32:51 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	2222 label Biography information for Lord Stone of Blackheath

1521526

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank of England: Government Securities
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure market confidence in response to the Bank of England’s announcement that its emergency bond-buying intervention will end on Friday 14 October.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Chancellor of The Exchequer on Monday 17 October brought forward a number of measures. These represent another down payment following the reversal of the corporation tax cut announced on Friday 14 October by the Prime Minister.</p><p> </p><p>Following conversations with the Prime Minister, the Chancellor has taken these decisions to ensure the UK’s economic stability and to provide confidence in the Government’s commitment to fiscal discipline. The Chancellor made clear in his statement that the UK’s public finances must be on a sustainable path into the medium term.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is prepared to act decisively and at scale to regain the country’s confidence and trust. The Chancellor stated in his speech that there will be more difficult decisions to take on both tax and spending. This means doing what is needed to lower debt in the medium term and to ensure that taxpayers’ money is well spent, putting public finances on a sustainable footing.</p><p> </p><p>In light of this, Government departments will be asked to find efficiencies within their budgets. The Chancellor will publish the government’s fiscal rules alongside an OBR forecast, and further measures to put the public finances on a sustainable footing, on 31 October.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 25/10/2022 13:04:07 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1521534

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what recent steps they have taken to determine whether the financial sector presents too great a risk for the UK economy and regulatory structures to bear.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL2516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government actively monitors the financial sector and any risks to financial stability and the UK economy more widely. It continues to work closely with the regulators, including the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority, to assess risks and where appropriate coordinate a response with them. The regulators are working with firms to improve their resilience to market shocks, and it is a focus of government to ensure that we have a robust regulatory system. The UK financial sector remains resilient and well capitalised – ensuring it can continue to support households and business and play an important part in the UK economy.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 25/10/2022 13:03:09 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle