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1606932

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Local Housing Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what evidence they received from local authorities about the impact of Local Housing Allowance shortfalls on (1) homelessness levels, and (2) temporary accommodation costs, in the lead up to the Spring Budget 2023.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL6787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government engages with a range of stakeholders on issues relating to the Local Housing Allowance, homelessness and temporary accommodation.</p><p>In April 2020, in response to the pandemic, Local Housing Allowance rates were raised to the 30th percentile of market rates. As a result of this increase, over 1.5 million households gained just over £600 per year on average in 2020/21. We have maintained rates at this elevated cash level and will continue to review rates annually.</p><p>Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) are also available from local authorities for tenants who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs. Since 2011 the Government has provided nearly £1.6 billion in DHP funding to local authorities.</p><p>The Government is committed to preventing homelessness where possible. We have allocated £654 million through the Homelessness Prevention Grant which provides funding to enable Local Authorities to invest in prevention activities and helps meet their temporary accommodation costs. This is in addition to the £50m top-up to the Homelessness Prevention Grant for 2022/23 announced in December.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 30/03/2023 10:18:17 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

1606127

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether Northern Powerhouse Rail is classified as an England and Wales project for the purposes of Barnett consequential funding; and if so, what aspects of that funding are spent in Wales.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL6695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>The Barnett formula determines changes in devolved administration funding for responsibilities that are devolved in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is responsible for heavy rail infrastructure across England and Wales so spends money on this in Wales rather than funding the Welsh Government to do so.</p><p> </p><p>This is consistent with the funding arrangements for all other policy areas reserved in England and Wales as set out in the Statement of Funding Policy. For example, the Welsh Government similarly does not receive Barnett funding in relation to UK Government spending on prisons in England because the UK Government also funds prisons in Wales directly.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government’s existing rail investment in Wales includes upgrading the signalling on the Cambrian Line, developing upgrades for Cardiff Central Station, re-opening Bow Street Station, and the electrification of the Severn Tunnel.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 29/03/2023 14:10:26 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1605348

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Music Venues: Tax Allowances
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 case for granting tax relief for grassroots music venues to grant them parity with theatres, orchestras and other cultural institutions.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL6604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the value of the UK’s world leading creative industries and arts sectors.</p><p> </p><p>The objective of the creative industry tax reliefs is to support and incentivise production rather than to support venues themselves.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all tax policy under review and regularly receives proposals for new tax reliefs. When considering a new tax relief, the Government must ensure it supports businesses in a fair way and that taxpayer money is effectively targeted. A tax relief for grassroots music venues is not currently under consideration.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 29/03/2023 13:03:14 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

1605357

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how they ensure that the correct tax is paid by small high street businesses, such as barbers and nail salons, that only accept cash for their goods and services and do not provide receipts.
tabling member printed	Baroness Buscombe
uin	HL6615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to creating a level playing field for all sectors by ensuring that everyone pays the right amount of tax at the right time. Like all other businesses, those which exclusively accept cash must meet their tax obligations.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s approach to tax evasion aims to tackle current non-compliance and change future behaviours. Their activities include national campaigns and specialist task forces that incorporate intensive bursts of activity in targeted high risk trade sectors (including the retail and service industry) and locations across the UK. HMRC also works with customer groups and third parties, such as other local and central Government agencies, to reduce error and fraud within these sectors. This includes providing customer education highlighting the importance of keeping accurate records.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC take any report of suspected tax evasion seriously and operate a confidential Fraud Telephone Hotline and an online reporting tool available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 29/03/2023 13:02:15 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe

1605371

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electronic Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to make the Government Gateway more accessible for new users.
tabling member printed	Lord Lipsey
uin	HL6633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>Before a customer can interact with HMRC online services we need to be confident that the customer has the right to do so and that customer data is suitably protected. Core tools that help HMRC to gain this confidence are:</p><ul><li>Identity Verification (IV): What is the real world identity of the user accessing the online services</li><li>Authentication: Confidence that a returning user is the same user who created the original account</li></ul><p> </p><p>HMRC currently use Government Gateway and HMRC Identity Service for online authentication and identity verification respectively but are planning to migrate to a new service titled Gov.UK One Login.</p><p> </p><p>Gov.UK One Login is a cross-Government service being developed by Government Digital Service (GDS). The service aims to simplify access to all Government services by allowing a customer to prove their identity once and to then re-use that identity. This reduces the barrier created in requiring customers to prove their identity multiple times across different Government departments.</p><p> </p><p>Accessibility and inclusivity are a priority for the programme and GDS have a plan of activity to improve inclusion over time. Examples include:</p><ul><li>A wider selection of data sources and options for a customer to use to prove their identity</li><li>Offline channels available to those who cannot use the online offering</li></ul><p> </p><p>This intention to migrate to Gov.UK One Login as the cross-Government strategic solution means that HMRC will limit any activity to increase accessibility within Government Gateway and the internal HMRC identity verification services. This is due to the limited remaining window to gain benefit from improvements to those services and the need to avoid duplication of effort.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 29/03/2023 13:05:10 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	2492 label Biography information for Lord Lipsey

1605372

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Complaints
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many complaints they have received about difficulty accessing the Government Gateway.
tabling member printed	Lord Lipsey
uin	HL6634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The HMRC Technical help desk received 508 complaints for the period March 2022 to March 2023.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 30/03/2023 10:18:44 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	2492 label Biography information for Lord Lipsey

1605380

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Silicon Valley Bank UK
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Penn on 14 March (HL Deb col 1282), what exemptions to the Banking Act 2009 they granted to HSBC as part of its purchase of Silicon Valley Bank.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL6646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>On Monday March 13, the government, in consultation with the Bank of England, used its powers under the Banking Act 2009 to broaden an existing exemption in ring-fencing legislation to facilitate HSBC’s purchase of SVB UK. This has allowed HSBC’s ring-fenced bank to provide preferential intra-group lending to SVB UK and ensured SVB UK has the necessary liquidity to continue operating.</p><p> </p><p>Separately, as a result of this existing provision in legislation, SVB UK will be exempt from ring-fencing requirements for a four-year transition period. The government intends to lay in due course another statutory instrument to extend this exemption beyond the four-year transition period, subject to conditions. This exemption will ensure that SVB UK can remain a commercially viable stand-alone business as part of HSBC group. HSBC itself remains subject to the ring-fencing regime.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 29/03/2023 13:03:42 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1605385

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Infrastructure Bank
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what projects the UK Infrastructure Bank has considered in the last 13 months; what lending the Bank has provided to local government for large and complex projects since its incorporation; whether the Bank has been administratively classified; and if so, by what criteria this has been effected.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL6651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) was launched in June 2021 to provide infrastructure finance to tackle climate change and support regional and local economic growth across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Bank is an operationally independent institution and responsible for making its own investment decisions within the scope of its remit. The disclosure of information related to the projects the Bank has considered is market sensitive and therefore not shared publicly.</p><p> </p><p>The UKIB has made two loans to local authorities since 2021, including a £107 million loan to Tees Valley Combined Authority for the construction of the South Bank Quay and a £10 million loan to the West Midlands Combined Authority for green sprint bus infrastructure. The UKIB also supports local authorities through the continued rollout of its advisory service which has pilots underway in Bristol, Greater Manchester, and West Yorkshire.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2022, the Cabinet Office approved the administrative classification of UKIB as a Non-Departmental Public Body, sponsored by HM Treasury, with effect from June 2021. The UKIB Framework Document will be updated to reflect this classification after the UKIB Bill receives Royal Assent.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 30/03/2023 10:21:20 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1605401

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
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 what estimate they have made of the percentage of manufactured goods that are transported from Great Britain for end use in Northern Ireland and are for companies with a turnover in excess of £2 million.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL6656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text The Windsor Framework significantly expands the number of businesses able to be classed as internal UK traders and move goods through the green lane. For manufacturing and processing companies, the existing £500,000 turnover limit will be quadrupled to £2 million, meaning around four-fifths of manufacturing and processing companies in Northern Ireland who trade with Great Britain will automatically be in scope of using the green lane.<p> </p><p> </p>Companies moving goods into NI for processing or manufacturing for use in the animal feed, healthcare, construction, not-for-profit and food sectors may also be eligible to move such goods in the green lane even if the company has a turnover in excess of £2 million.<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>Movements of goods not eligible for the green lane, but which can be demonstrated not to have entered the EU Single Market, will be able to benefit from a new tariff reimbursement scheme. answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 29/03/2023 13:01:47 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1605057

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Childcare: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Spring Budget on 15 March, what are the Barnett consequentials for Northern Ireland of their pledge of additional spending on childcare.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL6588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>As a result of Spring Budget 2023, the Northern Ireland Executive’s funding is increasing by £130m 2023-24 and 2024-25.</p><p> </p><p>The Block Grant Transparency publication will set out a full breakdown of funding for the Northern Ireland Executive in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 27/03/2023 10:01:36 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme