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1186814

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date	20/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to cover staff wages for small and medium-sized businesses as a result of the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	32700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2020 answer text <p>The government has set out an unprecedented package of support for all businesses affected by this crisis. Businesses, including SMEs, will benefit from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, Statutory Sick Pay refunds and the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme alongside tax cuts and direct grants.</p><p>Further detail of the business support package can be found at: <a href="http://www.businesssupport.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.businesssupport.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>More information on claiming for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a>.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 32701 32703 32704 question first answered 30/03/2020 13:02:38 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1186815

registered interest
date	20/03/2020
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	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to take steps to encourage employers not to make their staff as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	32701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2020 answer text <p>The government has set out an unprecedented package of support for all businesses affected by this crisis. Businesses, including SMEs, will benefit from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, Statutory Sick Pay refunds and the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme alongside tax cuts and direct grants.</p><p>Further detail of the business support package can be found at: <a href="http://www.businesssupport.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.businesssupport.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>More information on claiming for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a>.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 32700 32703 32704 question first answered 30/03/2020 13:02:38 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1186817

registered interest
date	20/03/2020
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	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) short-term and (b) long-term effect of job losses as a result of the covid-19 outbreak on the economy.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	32702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not produce economic forecasts. The government is actively monitoring the Covid-19 outbreak and, in addition to taking the necessary steps to protect lives, is working urgently to protect our people and businesses and to minimise economic disruption as a result of coronavirus. For example, the recently announced Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will help firms continue to keep people in employment. The government will continue to monitor the situation and act as needed to protect jobs and the economy.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 25/03/2020 16:22:54 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1186818

registered interest
date	20/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to issue guidance to businesses on the process for applying for the grants and loans announced by his Department to help businesses with the economic effects of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	32703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2020 answer text <p>The government has set out an unprecedented package of support for all businesses affected by this crisis. Businesses, including SMEs, will benefit from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, Statutory Sick Pay refunds and the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme alongside tax cuts and direct grants.</p><p>Further detail of the business support package can be found at: <a href="http://www.businesssupport.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.businesssupport.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>More information on claiming for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a>.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 32700 32701 32704 question first answered 30/03/2020 13:02:39 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1186819

registered interest
date	20/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether financial support will be made available to businesses that do not take on a coronavirus business interruption loan due to concerns over the potential long-term economic effects of repayment of that loan.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	32704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2020 answer text <p>The government has set out an unprecedented package of support for all businesses affected by this crisis. Businesses, including SMEs, will benefit from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, Statutory Sick Pay refunds and the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme alongside tax cuts and direct grants.</p><p>Further detail of the business support package can be found at: <a href="http://www.businesssupport.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.businesssupport.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>More information on claiming for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme</a>.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 32700 32701 32703 question first answered 30/03/2020 13:02:38 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1186821

registered interest
date	20/03/2020
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	Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure her Department has adequate capacity to process new social security applications resulting from the outbreak of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	32705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">As both the Prime Minister and Chancellor have made clear, the Government will do whatever it takes to support people affected by COVID 19 and we have been clear in our intention that no one should be penalised for doing the right thing. These are rapidly developing circumstances, we continue to keep the situation under review and will keep Parliament updated accordingly.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Our priority as a Department is ensuring people get their benefit payments and that we can continue to support those who need us the most. We have mobilised our robust business continuity plans to ensure we can do just that. We are already redeploying 10,000 staff from other parts of DWP and are also recruiting additional staff to assist with the processing of claims, including support from other government departments and the private sector.</ins></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 25/03/2020 15:02:40 question first ministerially corrected 15/04/2020 14:59:19 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 14669 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1184596

registered interest
date	12/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
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 the provisions of (a) amendment to the promoters of tax avoidance schemes and (b) schedule 16 to the Finance (No.2) Act 2017 are used to secure penalties for promoters of loan charge schemes.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	28630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government and HMRC are determined to continue to tackle promoters of tax avoidance schemes. This includes using the Promoters of Tax Avoidance Schemes (POTAS) and Enablers penalty regimes to change behaviours of those promoting or enabling the sale and use of avoidance schemes.</p><p> </p><p>At the Budget, the Government announced that it will legislate in Finance Bill 2020‑21 to strengthen the Promoters of Tax Avoidance Schemes (POTAS) and the Enablers penalty regimes. This includes measures, which are designed to ensure that: HMRC are better able to issue stop notices to promoters of schemes that do not work; POTAS obligations are fulfilled by promoters including where they have tried to abuse corporate structures; and HMRC can obtain information about the enabling of abusive schemes as soon as they are identified.</p><p> </p><p>On 19 March HMRC published a new strategy for tackling promoters of tax avoidance schemes. This strategy outlines the range of policy, operational and communications interventions that are under way and being developed to drive those who promote tax avoidance schemes out of the market.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/03/2020 07:51:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1184597

registered interest
date	12/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Radio: VAT Exemptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria his Department uses to classify a community radio station as a public interest body in relation to VAT exemption.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	28631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2020 answer text <p>A public interest body is a non-profit making body which has objects that are in the public domain and are of a political, religious, patriotic, philosophical, philanthropic or civic nature. Examples include: trade unions, professional associations and learned societies. Supplies from such bodies to their members are VAT exempt when no payment, other than a subscription fee, are payable for them providing that they are referable to the aims of the organisation.</p><p> </p><p>VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption, and the standard rate of 20 per cent applies to most goods and services. While there are exceptions to the standard rate, these are strictly limited by domestic law as well as by fiscal considerations.</p><p> </p><p>At present, there is no specific VAT exemption for the community radio sector or relief available for radio broadcasting more generally, and there are no plans to review this at this time.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the social and cultural contribution that community radio stations make to the wider community. It therefore committed £430,448 to fund grants to help further the financial stability and future sustainability of community radio stations in 2019/20. Further information on the Community Radio Fund scheme and application process is available on the website of Ofcom.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 28632 question first answered 20/03/2020 07:43:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1184598

registered interest
date	12/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Radio: VAT Exemptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a radio station registered as a private limited company by guarantee without the share capital classification of limited is entitled to VAT exemptions.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	28632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2020 answer text <p>A public interest body is a non-profit making body which has objects that are in the public domain and are of a political, religious, patriotic, philosophical, philanthropic or civic nature. Examples include: trade unions, professional associations and learned societies. Supplies from such bodies to their members are VAT exempt when no payment, other than a subscription fee, are payable for them providing that they are referable to the aims of the organisation.</p><p> </p><p>VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption, and the standard rate of 20 per cent applies to most goods and services. While there are exceptions to the standard rate, these are strictly limited by domestic law as well as by fiscal considerations.</p><p> </p><p>At present, there is no specific VAT exemption for the community radio sector or relief available for radio broadcasting more generally, and there are no plans to review this at this time.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the social and cultural contribution that community radio stations make to the wider community. It therefore committed £430,448 to fund grants to help further the financial stability and future sustainability of community radio stations in 2019/20. Further information on the Community Radio Fund scheme and application process is available on the website of Ofcom.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 28631 question first answered 20/03/2020 07:43:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1184599

registered interest
date	12/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Civil Society: VAT Exemptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether VAT exemptions apply to funding allocated by charity trusts to community groups.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	28633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2020 answer text <p>There is no VAT due on the gift or donation of money that is freely given. VAT is due on funding given in return for goods or services received from a community group.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/03/2020 07:46:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson