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1485928

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to build a review mechanism into the energy profits levy.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL1463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Profits Levy will raise around £5 billion over the next year which will help fund more cost of living support for households.</p><p> </p><p>The Levy will be temporary, and will be phased out if oil and gas prices return to historically more normal levels. A sunset clause effective 31 December 2025 will be written into the legislation.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes under review and any changes are considered and announced by the Chancellor.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 14/07/2022 14:28:36 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1485948

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mileage Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Penn on 4 July (HL Deb), whether they will increase the allowable mileage rate for employees using their own vehicles for business purposes from 45 pence per mile, given the increased cost of fuel.
tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
uin	HL1432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government sets the Approved Mileage Allowance Payments (AMAP) rates to minimise administrative burdens. The AMAP rates aim to reflect running costs including fuel, servicing and depreciation. Depreciation is estimated to constitute the most significant proportion of the AMAP rates. Fuel costs only contribute to a fraction of the AMAP rates and not the total rate.</p><p> </p><p>Employers are not required to use the AMAP rates. Instead, they can agree to reimburse the actual cost incurred, where individuals can provide evidence of the expenditure, without an Income Tax or National Insurance charge arising.</p><p> </p><p>Alternatively, they can choose to pay a different mileage rate that is higher or lower than the AMAP rates. If an employee is paid less than the approved amount, they are allowed to claim Mileage Allowance Relief (MAR) from HMRC. However, if the payment exceeds the relevant AMAP rate, and this results in a profit for the individual, they will be liable to pay Income Tax and National Insurance contributions on the difference.</p><p> </p><p>As with all taxes and allowances, the Government keeps the AMAP rates under review and any changes are considered by the Chancellor.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 18/07/2022 15:40:52 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

1485959

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	NHS: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that additional tax payments as a result of pension growth are not disproportionately impacting NHS staff.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	29898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that hard-working NHS staff do not find themselves reducing their work commitments due to the interaction between their pay, their pension, and the relevant tax regime.</p><p> </p><p>99 per cent of pension savers make annual contributions below £40,000, the level of standard annual allowance which has applied from 2014-15. To ensure that defined benefit scheme members are not unduly affected by the annual allowance (for example if their pension rights increase after a promotion), the Government allows up to three years of unused annual allowance to be carried forward. The Government also increased the two thresholds above which the tapered annual allowance applies were each raised by £90,000 in April 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals who breach the annual allowance on tax-relieved pension savings can also use an option called ‘scheme pays’, under which they can require their pension scheme to pay their annual allowance tax charge now (in return for an actuarially fair reduction in their pension), provided that the annual allowance charge is at least £2,000 and they have exceeded the annual allowance of £40,000. In England and Wales, the NHS Pension Scheme goes further, allowing scheme pays to be used on any annual allowance charges relating to accrual in that scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The reforms to the annual allowance and lifetime allowance made since 2010 are expected to save £6 billion per year, and allow pension savers to build significant retirement savings tax free, while also ensuring that the highest earning pension savers do not receive a disproportionate benefit from pensions tax relief.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/07/2022 10:40:00 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1485962

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing
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 enabling the UK’s existing ATM network to accept cash deposits as well as withdrawals.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	30169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>In the Queen’s Speech in May 2022 the government announced that it will introduce legislation to protect access to cash as part of the Financial Services and Markets Bill. The government intends to establish the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as the lead regulator for access to cash with responsibility to ensure that people can continue to access cash withdrawal and deposit facilities. Through this legislation the government intends to ensure that people can continue to use cash in their day-to-day lives. The Bill will be brought forward when Parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p><p>Industry will continue to be best placed to develop the most efficient and sustainable solutions to provide access to cash, under the oversight of the FCA. The Government’s approach focuses on preserving the distribution of existing facilities rather than seeking a substantial redistribution or large-scale introduction of access points to additional areas.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to ATMs, LINK (the scheme that runs the UK's largest ATM network) has commitments to protect the broad geographic spread of free-to-use ATMs and is held to account against these commitments by the Payment Systems Regulator. LINK has committed to protect free-to-use ATMs more than one kilometre away from the next nearest free ATM or Post Office, and free access to cash on high streets (where there is a cluster of five or more retailers) that do not have a free-to-use ATM or a Post Office counter within one kilometre.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, following the Government’s commitment to legislate, firms are working together through the Cash Action Group to develop new initiatives to protect access to cash. As part of this work, any community facing the closure of a key cash service will have its needs independently assessed by LINK, who will consider whether additional cash services are required. Communities are now also able to request an assessment of their community’s access to cash by LINK.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller grouped question UIN 30170 30171 question first answered 12/07/2022 16:15:31 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1485963

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that the UK’s main banks maintain their membership of (a) LINK, (b) the Post Office and (c) other collective bodies for the purposes of ensuring the long-term sustainability of the UK’s ATM infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	30170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>In the Queen’s Speech in May 2022 the government announced that it will introduce legislation to protect access to cash as part of the Financial Services and Markets Bill. The government intends to establish the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as the lead regulator for access to cash with responsibility to ensure that people can continue to access cash withdrawal and deposit facilities. Through this legislation the government intends to ensure that people can continue to use cash in their day-to-day lives. The Bill will be brought forward when Parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p><p>Industry will continue to be best placed to develop the most efficient and sustainable solutions to provide access to cash, under the oversight of the FCA. The Government’s approach focuses on preserving the distribution of existing facilities rather than seeking a substantial redistribution or large-scale introduction of access points to additional areas.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to ATMs, LINK (the scheme that runs the UK's largest ATM network) has commitments to protect the broad geographic spread of free-to-use ATMs and is held to account against these commitments by the Payment Systems Regulator. LINK has committed to protect free-to-use ATMs more than one kilometre away from the next nearest free ATM or Post Office, and free access to cash on high streets (where there is a cluster of five or more retailers) that do not have a free-to-use ATM or a Post Office counter within one kilometre.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, following the Government’s commitment to legislate, firms are working together through the Cash Action Group to develop new initiatives to protect access to cash. As part of this work, any community facing the closure of a key cash service will have its needs independently assessed by LINK, who will consider whether additional cash services are required. Communities are now also able to request an assessment of their community’s access to cash by LINK.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller grouped question UIN 30169 30171 question first answered 12/07/2022 16:15:31 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1485964

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has plans to promote the redistribution of ATMs in urban locations to rural and suburban sites.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	30171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>In the Queen’s Speech in May 2022 the government announced that it will introduce legislation to protect access to cash as part of the Financial Services and Markets Bill. The government intends to establish the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as the lead regulator for access to cash with responsibility to ensure that people can continue to access cash withdrawal and deposit facilities. Through this legislation the government intends to ensure that people can continue to use cash in their day-to-day lives. The Bill will be brought forward when Parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p><p>Industry will continue to be best placed to develop the most efficient and sustainable solutions to provide access to cash, under the oversight of the FCA. The Government’s approach focuses on preserving the distribution of existing facilities rather than seeking a substantial redistribution or large-scale introduction of access points to additional areas.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to ATMs, LINK (the scheme that runs the UK's largest ATM network) has commitments to protect the broad geographic spread of free-to-use ATMs and is held to account against these commitments by the Payment Systems Regulator. LINK has committed to protect free-to-use ATMs more than one kilometre away from the next nearest free ATM or Post Office, and free access to cash on high streets (where there is a cluster of five or more retailers) that do not have a free-to-use ATM or a Post Office counter within one kilometre.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, following the Government’s commitment to legislate, firms are working together through the Cash Action Group to develop new initiatives to protect access to cash. As part of this work, any community facing the closure of a key cash service will have its needs independently assessed by LINK, who will consider whether additional cash services are required. Communities are now also able to request an assessment of their community’s access to cash by LINK.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller grouped question UIN 30169 30170 question first answered 12/07/2022 16:15:31 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1486045

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cost of Living: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking fiscal steps to reduce the impact of the rising cost of living on people who are blind or partially sighted.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	29896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The government recognises that the rising cost of living has presented additional financial challenges to many people, and especially to the most vulnerable members of society, such as blind or partially sighted people. That is why this government announced on 26<sup>th</sup> May a Cost of Living package, providing over £15bn of support targeted particularly at those with the greatest need. This package builds on the over £22bn already announced, bringing total government support for the Cost of Living to over £37bn this year. The latest package includes additional UK-wide support to help disabled people with the particular extra costs they are facing, with 6 million people who receive non-means-tested extra-costs disability benefits due to receive a one-off Disability Cost of Living Payment of £150. People who are blind or partially sighted and were eligible for payment of disability benefits such as Personal Independence Payment on the 25<sup>th</sup> May will be eligible for this Disability Cost of Living Payment. This payment can be received in addition to the other Cost of Living Payments for households on means-tested benefits or in receipt of Winter Fuel Payments that were announced as part of the same package. People who are blind or partially sighted will also benefit from the £400 of support for energy bills that the government is providing through an expansion of the Energy Bills Support Scheme, doubling the £200 of support announced earlier this year and making the whole £400 a non-repayable grant.</p><p>This Cost of Living package is in addition to the existing specific financial support to help blind or partially sighted people. The government provides the Blind Person's Allowance (BPA), an extra amount of tax-free allowance that can be added to an individual’s Personal Allowance, to those who are blind or severely sight impaired. In 2022-23, the allowance is £2,600 and therefore worth £520 given the basic rate of 20%. If the recipient does not pay tax or earn enough to use their full BPA, the remainder of the allowance can be transferred to a spouse or civil partner.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 12/07/2022 16:47:07 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1486053

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made on developing the UK’s Green Taxonomy; and when he plans to publish those proposals.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	29853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>In the coming months, the Government will be launching a consultation on the Technical Screening Criteria which underpin the Taxonomy. I encourage any interested parties to engage with that consultation.</p><p> </p><p>After the consultation has concluded, the Government will make a final decision on which activities will be included in the taxonomy and the criteria they will need to meet.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke grouped question UIN 29854 question first answered 07/07/2022 10:55:53 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1486072

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the speech by the Brexit Opportunities Minister to the Policy That Works Conference on 1 March 2022, if he will publish examples of late payment letters issued by HM Revenue and Customs where Romanised words were replaced with Anglo-Saxon words to improve comprehension by taxpayers.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	29974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>HMRC is doing a great deal of work to make letters easier for customers to read and understand. This is part of the commitment in the HMRC Charter to make its services accessible, easy, and quick to use.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has produced guidelines for its staff for writing to customers. The guidelines focus on avoiding unnecessarily formal or complex language. This includes using shorter, simpler Anglo-Saxon words rather than their more formal Romanised equivalents. For example, ‘need’, rather than ‘require’; ‘give’ rather than ‘provide’; and ‘help’ rather than ‘assist’.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is also investing in writing skills training for staff to continue to improve the quality of customer letters across the department.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has no plans to publish its standard letters as there are several thousands of them, the majority of which are tailored to specific circumstances.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/07/2022 14:44:43 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1486090

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many contracts that are worth (a) between £1 million and £3 million and (b) over £3 million their (i) Department and (ii) Department’s agencies and non-departmental public bodies (A) have agreed since 2010 and (B) are due to agree within the next 12 months; how much their Department has spent on monitoring each contract in each year since 2010; and how many officials have been working on that monitoring in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	29888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to maintaining transparency about its procurement activity and publishes information about its contracts with a value of over £10,000 on the “<a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">Contracts Finder</a>” website.</p><p> </p><p>Contracts that are due to be agreed can be found on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-treasury-commercial-pipeline" target="_blank">HMT Commercial Pipeline</a>. The next version of this is due be published at the end of July 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The amount spent on monitoring each contract and the number of officials working on that monitoring each year since 2010 is information that is not held centrally and can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 12/07/2022 12:59:09 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett