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1678059

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date	14/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: Business Rates
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 adequacy of business rate relief for businesses in the hospitality sector.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	7090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement 2023, the government announced it will extend the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure (RHL) relief scheme at 75 per cent, up to a cash cap of £110,000 per business for 2024-25. This is a tax cut worth nearly £2.4 billion and around 230,000 retail, hospitality and leisure properties will be eligible for relief.</p><p> </p><p>The government also announced a freeze to the small business multiplier for the fourth consecutive year in 2024-25, protecting over a million ratepayers from bill increases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 6256 question first answered 18/12/2023 14:04:16 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1678224

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid in tax on alcohol in the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	7065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Total Alcohol Duty receipts data by financial year can be found in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/alcohol-bulletin" target="_blank">Alcohol Bulletin</a> publication, in column M of table 1a.</p><p>The Alcohol Bulletin can also be found by following this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/alcohol-bulletin" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/alcohol-bulletin</a>.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 19/12/2023 13:49:07 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1678225

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Unit Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of minimum pricing of alcoholic products on tax revenues.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	7066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the potential impact on tax revenues of minimum pricing of alcoholic products.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 19/12/2023 13:50:38 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1678230

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government makes funding available to support businesses producing alcoholic beverages.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	7068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government values the important contribution that the alcohol industry makes to our economy and society, and the new duty system, introduced on 1 August 2023, contains many benefits for alcohol producers, including two new reliefs.</p><p> </p><p>The new Small Producers Relief means that small producers now see reduced duty rates on all products below 8.5 per cent alcohol by volume (ABV) up to a production threshold.</p><p> </p><p>The new Draught Relief means that all alcoholic products under 8.5 per cent ABV which are sold in containers of 20 litres or more and are sold to connect to a dispense system qualify for reduced duty rates. This relief provides a reduction in the duty on draught beer and cider products by 9.2 per cent, and by 23 per cent on qualifying draught wine-based, spirits-based and other fermented products.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 19/12/2023 13:54:06 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1678231

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings were held between (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department and representatives of the alcoholic drink industry in the last 12 months; and if he will publish a list of those meetings.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	7069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Treasury ministers have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 19/12/2023 13:52:41 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1678248

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Conduct Authority and Financial Ombudsman Service: Standards
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 consistency of decision-making processes at the (a) Financial Conduct Authority and (b) Financial Ombudsmen Service.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	7128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) are independent non-governmental bodies.</p><p> </p><p>Both the FCA and the FOS operate within the framework set by Parliament, and they are directly accountable to Parliament for how they discharge their statutory functions.</p><p> </p><p>This accountability includes a requirement for the FCA and the FOS to produce annual reports and accounts which are laid before Parliament by the Treasury. Both bodies are subject to full audit by the National Audit Office and to scrutiny through committee hearings, including the Public Accounts Committee and the Treasury Committee.</p><p> </p><p>Both organisations maintain arrangements for the independent investigation of complaints against them.</p><p> </p><p>The FOS regularly commissions independent reviews of its service. Most recently, a review carried out by Oaklin Consulting in 2021 found that the FOS is widely respected and viewed as reaching fair and impartial outcomes in the majority of cases.</p><p> </p><p>The FOS and the FCA are operationally independent from one another, but engage extensively on a range of issues through the Wider Implications Framework. The Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 introduced a statutory duty for the FCA, the FOS and the Financial Services Compensation Scheme to co-operate on issues which have or are likely to have significant implications for each other, or for the wider financial services market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 20/12/2023 17:08:55 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1678250

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Timesharing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps his Department has taken with the Financial Conduct Authority to tackle mis-sold holiday timeshares.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	7130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>Timeshare arrangements are direct investments in property and are expressly carved out of regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Activities that are outside the remit of the FCA are also outside the compulsory jurisdiction of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).</p><p> </p><p>However, both lenders that provides credit to purchase a time share, and firms that make introductions to a lender, need to be authorised by the FCA and comply with relevant FCA rules. The FCA requires firms to have a complaints process in place for regulated activities, which customers should use in the first instance. If they are not satisfied with the firm’s response to their complaint, they may raise a complaint with the FOS.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans for timeshare investment schemes to be brought within the scope of FCA regulation.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami grouped question UIN 7131 question first answered 20/12/2023 17:14:54 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1678251

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Timesharing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with the (a) Financial Ombudsman and (b) Financial Conduct Authority on mis-sold time shares.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	7131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>Timeshare arrangements are direct investments in property and are expressly carved out of regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Activities that are outside the remit of the FCA are also outside the compulsory jurisdiction of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).</p><p> </p><p>However, both lenders that provides credit to purchase a time share, and firms that make introductions to a lender, need to be authorised by the FCA and comply with relevant FCA rules. The FCA requires firms to have a complaints process in place for regulated activities, which customers should use in the first instance. If they are not satisfied with the firm’s response to their complaint, they may raise a complaint with the FOS.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans for timeshare investment schemes to be brought within the scope of FCA regulation.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami grouped question UIN 7130 question first answered 20/12/2023 17:14:55 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1678296

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Churches: Rural Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will introduce a zero rate of VAT for repairs of rural churches.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL1220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption and the twenty per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services. Whilst there are exceptions to the standard rate, these have always been limited by both legal and fiscal considerations.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport already administer the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme. This aims to redress financial shortfalls by providing grants towards VAT paid on repairs and maintenance to the nation's listed places of worship. With annual funding increased to £42 million per annum, the scheme handles around 7,000 claims per annum and has made grants totalling over £300 million to date.</p><p> </p><p>Going further by zero rating all repairs of rural churches would impose significant additional pressure on the public finances to which VAT makes a significant contribution.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to introduce a new VAT relief for the repair of rural churches. However, the Government keeps all taxes under review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/12/2023 11:07:56 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1678314

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Growth
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to data released by the Office for National Statistics on 13 December showing that the economy shrank by more than expected in October, what steps they are taking to boost economic activity.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL1238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>The government has consistently backed the UK’s growth potential and is meeting the PM’s pledge to grow the economy without fuelling inflation and providing the foundation to get debt falling. The CX announced a major growth package at Spring Budget 2023 and the Autumn Statement built on this, with measures to boost economic activity. The combined impact of the Autumn and Spring policy packages is a permanent 0.5% increase in the level of potential output by the end of the OBR’s forecast and an increase in the number of people in work by around 200,000 by the end of the forecast. The measures could also boost business investment by around £20 billion per year in a decade's time.</p><p> </p><p>Key measures include:</p><ul><li>the largest ever cut to employee and self-employed National Insurance – a tax cut worth over £9bn per year</li><li>a new offer of 30 hours free childcare for eligible working parents, part of the comprehensive £7 billion employment package at Spring Budget 2023 and, building on this at Autumn Statement 2023, a Back to Work Plan, supported by over £2.5 billion in funding over the next five years to help people look for and stay in work, manage their health conditions, and stem the flow into sickness related inactivity</li><li>making full expensing permanent, the biggest business tax cut over a 5 year period in modern British history – worth over £10bn a year</li><li>removing barriers to business investment, for example by reforming our inefficient planning system, and catalysing the UK’s growth industries of the future, for example by making £4.5bn available for strategic manufacturing sectors over five years.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 21/12/2023 10:17:21 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick