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1656020

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support small and medium-sized enterprises that have been waiting longer than HMRC's 40-day target to receive research and development tax credit payments.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	195666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Research and Development tax reliefs are a vital driver of innovation, growth and productivity and are crucial to the government’s pledge to grow the economy. It’s important that these reliefs are easy to claim and are provided quickly to genuine claimants.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not currently have a delay or backlog and is exceeding performance against its published goal to either pay or make contact regarding the claim for 85% of claims within 40 days.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 195667 195806 195807 question first answered 11/09/2023 12:53:45 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1656021

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Research and Development Expenditure Credit
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 the notice provided by HMRC to small and medium-sized enterprises of delays to the processing of their applications for research and development tax credit payments.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	195667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Research and Development tax reliefs are a vital driver of innovation, growth and productivity and are crucial to the government’s pledge to grow the economy. It’s important that these reliefs are easy to claim and are provided quickly to genuine claimants.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not currently have a delay or backlog and is exceeding performance against its published goal to either pay or make contact regarding the claim for 85% of claims within 40 days.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 195666 195806 195807 question first answered 11/09/2023 12:53:45 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1656022

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average processing time was for applications to the small and medium-sized enterprise research and development tax credit scheme in each year since 2020.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	195806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Research and Development tax reliefs are a vital driver of innovation, growth and productivity and are crucial to the government’s pledge to grow the economy. It’s important that these reliefs are easy to claim and are provided quickly to genuine claimants.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not currently have a delay or backlog and is exceeding performance against its published goal to either pay or make contact regarding the claim for 85% of claims within 40 days.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 195666 195667 195807 question first answered 11/09/2023 12:53:45 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1656023

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of claims for the small and medium-sized enterprise research and development tax credits scheme exceeded HMRC’s 40-day processing target in each year since 2020.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	195807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Research and Development tax reliefs are a vital driver of innovation, growth and productivity and are crucial to the government’s pledge to grow the economy. It’s important that these reliefs are easy to claim and are provided quickly to genuine claimants.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not currently have a delay or backlog and is exceeding performance against its published goal to either pay or make contact regarding the claim for 85% of claims within 40 days.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 195666 195667 195806 question first answered 11/09/2023 12:53:45 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1585004

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Research: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of research funding for Welsh universities.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	141358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to making the UK a science superpower, backed by £39.8 billion for 2022-25, the largest ever research and development (R&amp;D) budget. As part of the Levelling Up White Paper, the Government is also committed to investing at least 55% of total domestic R&amp;D funding outside of the South East by 2024-25.</p><p> </p><p>The £39.8 billion R&amp;D budget includes £25.1 billion for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), which provide UK-wide funding opportunities. I am committed to working with universities in Wales and UKRI to maximise Wales’ success in the funding opportunities available.</p><p> </p><p>Additional UK Government funding is also being provided to the Welsh Government as part of an immediate package of investment in the UK’s R&amp;D sector announced in November 2022. This provides over £11m to the Welsh Government to distribute to Welsh universities in the current financial year.</p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 13/02/2023 14:59:38 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1524412

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of his Department’s policy to freeze non-essential aid spending until 31 October 2022 on (a) tackling food poverty, (b) water sanitation and (c) education for girls.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	66917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The FCDO is closely monitoring the risks and impacts of pausing some ODA spend.</p><p>The FCDO tackles food insecurity and supports food systems through interventions in low-income countries and is prioritising spending that will prevent people falling into humanitarian need when food production drops or food price increase.</p><p>Improved access to water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is key to the UK's approach to ending the preventable deaths of mothers, children, infants and for pandemic preparedness and response. The UK is prioritising spend on hand hygiene as part of our approach to tackling Covid-19; strengthening the climate resilience of WASH services; and reinforcing accountability for the delivery of WASH services.</p><p>Girls' education remains a development priority. In FCDO, we are prioritising spend to ensure continued access to primary education for girls, especially the most marginalised and those caught up in crisis situations.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 01/11/2022 09:21:30 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1507563

registered interest
date	22/09/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Hasan Mushaima
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Bahraini counterpart on the case of Hasan Mushaima; and will he make representations to the Bahraini Government on ending his imprisonment.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	54472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2022 answer text <p>Officials and ministers have regular discussions with senior Bahraini counterparts on human rights, including most recently at UNGA where Lord Ahmad met with the Bahraini Foreign Minister. We continue to follow and discuss the case of Hasan Mushaima and others, as necessary, with the Bahraini Government as well as with the independent oversight bodies.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 14/10/2022 15:54:29 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1489268

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Business: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she has had recent discussions with the Welsh Government on supporting Welsh businesses at Hannover Messe 2022.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	36702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>I have not had any discussions with the Welsh Government regarding supporting Welsh businesses at Hannover Messe.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 21/07/2022 15:00:05 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1489270

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Business: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has had recent discussions with the (a) Welsh Government and (b) the Secretary of State for International Trade on financial support for Welsh businesses attending Hannover Messe 2022.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	36703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>I have not had any discussions with the Welsh Government or the Secretary of State for International Trade regarding supporting Welsh businesses at Hannover Messe.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government does however offer trade show support specifically targeted to help small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs), including those in Wales, through the UK Trade Show Program. The Trade Show Programme offers SMEs the opportunity to exhibit at the world’s largest trading shows, through training and finance. This is part of the UK’s ‘Made in the UK, Sold to the World' campaign to champion the best of the UK.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Sir Robert Buckland question first answered 20/07/2022 13:46:21 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1489414

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Child Maintenance Service: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were made to the Child Maintenance Service telephone line in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	36705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>Calls made to the Child Maintenance Group over the last three years:</p><p> </p><ul><li>In the reporting year April 2019 to March 2020 there were 3,464,411 calls offered to CMG lines and 2,750,564 calls answered.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>In the reporting year April 2020 to March 2021 there were 1,494,693 calls offered to CMG lines and 1,098,457 calls answered.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>In the reporting year April 2021 to March 2022 there were 1,853,671 calls offered to CMG lines and 1,403,895 calls answered.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Calls Offered. - The total volume of calls entering a queue to await answer.</p><p>Calls Answered - The total volume of calls successfully connected to agents from the queue.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Operational MI System (OPMIS) / Historical Management Information (HMI).</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 22/07/2022 09:14:10 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams