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1545064

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date	23/11/2022
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, how much revenue the Loan Charge is estimated to raise, separate from other measures.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	94842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The Loan Charge was announced at Budget 2016 as part of a package of measures to tackle Disguised Remuneration (DR) tax avoidance which was costed as a whole. At Spring Statement 2022, this package was estimated to bring in an estimated overall Exchequer yield of £3.4 billion. The changes resulting from the 2019 independent review of the Loan Charge are estimated to reduce the Exchequer yield by £620 million.</p><p> </p><p>Following Lord Morse’s Independent Loan Charge Review in 2019, HMRC established the DR Repayment Scheme 2020 to repay voluntary payments that taxpayers had agreed to make as part of settlements concluded before changes were made to the scope of the Loan Charge. Individuals and employers had until 30 September 2021 to apply to HMRC for a refund or waiver.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC repays amounts that were paid in DR scheme settlements, and/or waives amounts of instalments due that have not yet been paid if certain conditions are met.</p><p> </p><p>As of 28 October 2022, HMRC had processed over 2350 applications, of which over 1350 had received either a repayment, a waiver, or both. Over 1000 of the applications processed at that date were either invalid or ineligible.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 94843 question first answered 28/11/2022 14:08:41 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1545065

registered interest
date	23/11/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Disguised Remuneration Loan Charge Review: Repayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people seeking refunds due to the changes made by the Morse Review have been refunded by HMRC.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	94843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The Loan Charge was announced at Budget 2016 as part of a package of measures to tackle Disguised Remuneration (DR) tax avoidance which was costed as a whole. At Spring Statement 2022, this package was estimated to bring in an estimated overall Exchequer yield of £3.4 billion. The changes resulting from the 2019 independent review of the Loan Charge are estimated to reduce the Exchequer yield by £620 million.</p><p> </p><p>Following Lord Morse’s Independent Loan Charge Review in 2019, HMRC established the DR Repayment Scheme 2020 to repay voluntary payments that taxpayers had agreed to make as part of settlements concluded before changes were made to the scope of the Loan Charge. Individuals and employers had until 30 September 2021 to apply to HMRC for a refund or waiver.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC repays amounts that were paid in DR scheme settlements, and/or waives amounts of instalments due that have not yet been paid if certain conditions are met.</p><p> </p><p>As of 28 October 2022, HMRC had processed over 2350 applications, of which over 1350 had received either a repayment, a waiver, or both. Over 1000 of the applications processed at that date were either invalid or ineligible.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 94842 question first answered 28/11/2022 14:08:41 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1543947

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to para 5.6 of the Autumn Statement, CP 751, published on 17 November, how much of the existing £6.6bn funding for energy efficiency is allocated to which programmes.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	92310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2022 answer text <p>£6.6 billion has been made available for BEIS capital departmental expenditure limits on energy efficiency and clean heat in this Parliament. The funding has been ringfenced in the follow way:</p><p>o £300 million for the Green Homes Grant.</p><p>o £2.8 billion for low-income household energy efficiency, through the Sustainable Warmth Competition, Home Upgrade Grant and Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund.</p><p>o £450 million through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.</p><p>o £2.5 billion to decarbonise and improve the efficiency of the public sector estate.</p><p>o £500 million to grow low-carbon, more efficient heat networks.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 29/11/2022 11:39:07 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1543948

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Sizewell C Power Station: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the announcement in the Autumn Statement on 17 November 2022 that the Government will invest £700 million in the proposed Sizewell C nuclear power plant, (a) whether he plans to allocate any additional public funds to that plant and (b) whether he expects that private finance will be required for that plant.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	92311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government aims to approve the pledged investment in Sizewell C this month, subject to final approvals for the investment. This funding would come from the up to £1.7bn of Government funding made available in the 2021 Spending Review for developing a large-scale nuclear project to final investment stage in this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>Final approvals and details surrounding this investment will be announced in due course. Details of the project’s potential financial structure are subject to ongoing, commercially sensitive negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has established a Regulated Asset Base (RAB) funding model to attract private investment into new nuclear projects.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 29/11/2022 17:59:15 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1543949

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Autumn Statement on 17 November 2022 of additional funding for schools in the next two years, what assessment she has made of the proportion of that extra funding that will be required by schools to cover (a) increased energy bills and (b) increased staffing costs.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	92312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government is prioritising further funding for schools. The 2022 Autumn Statement has provided an additional increase in the core schools’ budget of £2.3 billion for both 2023/24 and 2024/25. This brings the core schools budget to a total of £58.8 billion in 2024/25. Funding for schools is already £4 billion higher this year than last year, and this additional funding means it will rise by another £3.5 billion, next year. Taken together, that means a 15% increase in funding in two years.</p><p> </p><p>This additional funding will be used to support both mainstream schools and local authorities’ high needs budgets and will support schools in meeting the costs of their increased energy bills and staffing costs. The Department will set out the specific plans for the allocation of this additional funding in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/11/2022 13:38:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1543950

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy Efficiency Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to establish the Energy Efficiency Taskforce announced in the Autumn Statement on 17 November 2022; and which organisations he plans to invite to join that body.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	92313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2022 answer text <p>More details on the timing, scope and membership of the Taskforce will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 29/11/2022 17:36:46 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1541937

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Bristol City Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential financial impact of the potential removal of the Homes for Ukraine scheme tariff on Bristol City Council.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	86558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>We have provided funding per arrival to councils to enable them to provide support to individuals and families. This is un-ringfenced, which allows councils to use the funding as best suits the local area, including measures to support guests during and post the initial six months of sponsorship.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 17/11/2022 17:52:43 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1538524

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020, whether his Department plans on extending the provision in that Instrument beyond 31 March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	77542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>In 2020, the Government put in place a statutory accounting override that allows local authorities to hold any deficits on their school budgets separately, in accounting terms, from their wider finances. This protects those affected authorities from risks to their financial sustainability or ability to deliver services. The Government is considering carefully the future of the override and will communicate its decision in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 07/11/2022 18:19:33 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1538525

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made in implementing the Safety Valve high needs intervention programme; and how many more local authorities she plans to invite to receive funding and support through that programme.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	77543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>Since the Safety Valve intervention programme began in the 2020/21 financial year, the department has struck 14 Safety Valve agreements with local authorities with the highest cumulative deficits on their dedicated schools grants. The agreements hold local authorities to account for delivery of plans that will reform their high needs systems to function well and sustainably, in return for funding to eliminate remaining historic deficits, generally over five financial years. The department continues to monitor these agreements closely.</p><p>There are a further 21 local authorities currently involved in Safety Valve negotiations in the current financial year, 2022/23. Any agreements that the department makes will be published on gov.uk in March 2023.</p><p>The department has also introduced the new Delivering Better Value in SEND (DBVS) programme, which is working with local authorities with less severe, but substantial deficits. The programme shares the same aim as the Safety Valve programme, to support local authorities to run their high needs systems more effectively and sustainably.</p><p>We expect there to be a small number of local authorities that may join the Safety Valve intervention programme in future financial years where historic deficits remain high, but the department expects these authorities to tackle the underlying reasons for their deficit issues in the meantime, with support from the DBVS programme.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 07/11/2022 17:54:07 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1536506

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Audit: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his planned timetable is for the publication of the draft Audit Reform Bill; and whether he plans to consult with stakeholders on the content of an early draft of the Bill.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	72412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government set out its plans for audit and corporate governance reform in the 31 May 2022 Government Response to the White Paper, ‘Restoring Trust in Audit and Corporate Governance’, following a sixteen-week consultation. The Response stated that the reforms will be delivered through primary and secondary legislation and through the UK Corporate Governance Code, as well as market-driven reforms, and that companies which are large public interest entities will be required to publish resilience statements and audit and assurance policy statements. Draft legislation is being developed for publication in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 72413 72414 question first answered 02/11/2022 17:10:46 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones