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1300512

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development: Tees Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of his Department's progress in levelling up the economy of the Tees Valley.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Mr Simon Clarke
uin	913177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to levelling up opportunity across the UK, including in the Tees Valley.</p><p> </p><p>At the Budget I confirmed a series of measures to level up Tees Valley’s economy:</p><ul><li>New investment in offshore wind ports infrastructure;</li><li>the Teesside Freeport, which I visited with the Prime Minster on Thursday;</li><li>and the new Treasury economic campus in Darlington.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Tees Valley will also benefit from two new Towns Fund Deals, in Middlesbrough and Thornaby.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 09/03/2021 14:11:50 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke

1300513

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Sick Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on increasing the level of statutory sick pay.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	913179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>In response to the pandemic, the Government has extended Statutory Sick Pay so that self-isolators are eligible and it is payable from day one rather than day four. Statutory Sick Pay is a statutory minimum and more than half of employees receive more when they are off sick. Changes to Statutory Sick Pay are one part of the Government’s wider support package for those sick or self-isolating, which includes the Test and Trace Support Payments, the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and the temporary £20 per week increase in Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 09/03/2021 14:26:10 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1300514

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What fiscal steps he is taking to help provide new employment opportunities to people affected by the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	South West Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Mr Gagan Mohindra
uin	913180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>We have protected jobs by extending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Self-Employment Income Support Schemes out to September 2021.For those people who unfortunately lose their jobs, we are helping them to find new jobs by doubling work coaches, and with additional tailored support such as our flagship Kickstart and Restart programmes.</p><p> </p><p>To further support employment and retraining, at Budget we announced an additional £126 million for traineeships in England to enable more than 40,000 places over the next academic year, and we are increasing payments (to £3,000) for employers who hire new apprentices.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 09/03/2021 14:13:56 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4804 label Biography information for Mr Gagan Mohindra

1300515

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to increase funding for UK infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Imran Ahmad Khan
uin	913181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that businesses and infrastructure projects continue to have access to the finance they need.</p><p> </p><p>Government investment in economic infrastructure will be £27 billion in 2021-22. The Spring Budget set out further details on the new UK Infrastructure Bank.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/03/2021 12:44:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4841 label Biography information for Imran Ahmad Khan

1300516

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the potential economic benefits of including a Bradford city centre stop on the proposed Northern Powerhouse Rail line.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	913183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>The government will provide better rail connectivity between northern cities, and between London, the Midlands and the north. The Treasury is working closely with the Department for Transport and across government on the Integrated Rail Plan.</p><p> </p><p>This will set out how best to scope, sequence and deliver Northern Powerhouse Rail and other major Network Rail programmes.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to transport improvements in West Yorkshire, which has received over £300m in local transport funding. This includes funding to improve transport in Bradford.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 09/03/2021 12:41:46 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1300517

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Events Industry: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will introduce a Government-backed insurance scheme for the live events industry.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	913199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>On 22 February, the Prime Minister announced the Government’s roadmap to cautiously ease lockdown restrictions in England, including an ambition to lift restrictions on large events in Step 4, subject to the outcome of the Events Research Programme</p><p> </p><p>Officials are considering the most appropriate way to support the events sector informed by the findings of the scientific programme in the Spring.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 09/03/2021 14:07:20 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1300518

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry and Tourism: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of making permanent the five per cent reduced rate of VAT for the tourism and hospitality sector.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	913203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>The temporary reduced rate of VAT was introduced on 15 July to support the cash flow and viability of about 150,000 businesses and to protect over 2.4 million jobs in the hospitality and tourism sectors. As announced at Budget, this relief will now run until 31 March 2022, with a staggered return to the standard rate. Applying this relief permanently would come at a significant cost to the Exchequer, and that cost would have to be balanced by increased taxes elsewhere, or reductions in Government spending.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/03/2021 12:45:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1300694

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Institutions: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that banks, building societies and other financial institutions report accurate financial data to HMRC; and what redress is available in the event of financial institutions’ non-compliance.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	165686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>Banks, building societies and other financial institutions are required to provide a variety of information returns to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on an accurate and timely basis. They are subject to HMRC’s usual compliance processes and if the information provided is late or found to be inaccurate following a compliance check, the taxpayer may be subject to penalties.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s largest businesses, which includes many financial institutions, are subject to an enhanced risk review, as part of HMRC’s Business Risk Review process.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, over 98% of banks and building societies are signatories to the Code of Practice on Taxation for Banks. Their commitments under the Code include complying with their tax obligations, which include providing accurate information to HMRC, as well as maintaining a transparent relationship with HMRC. If a signatory is found to be in breach of these commitments, HMRC are able to disclose this, naming the bank in their annual report on the Code.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/03/2021 13:52:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1300760

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2021 to Question 163250 on Treasury: Social Media, whether his Department has made an estimate of the internal cost of that production in (a) cash terms and (b) time.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	165579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2021 answer text All content for HM Treasury channels is produced by the department’s in-house communications team at no additional cost. answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 12/03/2021 12:27:28 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1300767

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Freeports: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Humber Freeport bid included commitments to maintain existing collective bargaining agreements with trade unions organising seafarers working on merchant ships working from Hull port; and if he will place a copy of that bid in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	165510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>The government is pleased to have announced the locations of 8 new English Freeports at Budget. The Ministry for Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government will shortly publish the rationale behind the selection of these Freeport locations according to the process laid out in the Prospectus.</p><p> </p><p>Successful bidders will be confirmed subject to a business case review, agreement of governance arrangements, and the fulfilment of the appropriate authorisations.</p><p> </p><p>Freeports are not deregulatory and the government will ensure that the UK’s high standards with respect to workers’ rights will not be compromised.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay grouped question UIN 165511 question first answered 15/03/2021 10:36:57 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner