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1378580

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Property Development: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether build-to-rent developments which are transferred or sold within a group for accounting purposes will be exempt from the Residential Property Developer Tax in (a) their entirety and (b) perpetuity.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	74949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>The Residential Property Developer Tax will apply to companies that make trading profits from residential property development activities and are part of a group that is generating relevant profits in excess of £25 million.</p><p> </p><p>This means the tax will not apply to companies that construct properties to hold as investments.</p><p> </p><p>It will, however, apply to companies that make trading profits from selling residential property, including where the purchaser is a member of the same group, or is acquiring the property for investment purposes.</p><p> </p><p>As with all other taxes, the Government will keep this under review.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/11/2021 18:59:18 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1364409

registered interest
date	28/10/2021
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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a further independent review of the Loan Charge since Lord Morse's 2019 Review.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	65394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2021 answer text <p>A comprehensive independent review of the Loan Charge has already taken place. In September 2019, the Government commissioned Lord Morse to lead this Review. There are no plans for a further review of the Loan Charge.</p><p>Lord Morse’s report was published in December 2019 and concluded that it was right for the Government to collect the tax due, but also recommended changes to how the Loan Charge works.</p><p>The Government accepted all but one of the Review’s 20 recommendations, which is estimated to benefit over 30,000 individuals, removing 11,000 from the Loan Charge entirely.</p><p>These changes have improved how the Loan Charge operates, which ensures that individuals pay the right amount of tax and ensures fairness for all taxpayers and the wider public.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/11/2021 15:06:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1346388

registered interest
date	13/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits: Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average length of time taken to issue biometric residence permit cards to Turkish citizens living in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	32340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2021 answer text <p>Data is not available broken down by nationality in relation to Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) production and delivery times.</p><p>Data is published relating to performance against decision making service standards for each application route and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q1-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q1-2021</a></p><p>UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) advise applicants they can expect delivery of their Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) within 10 working days of receiving their decision notification.</p><p>BRPs are produced on behalf of UKVI by the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA). DVLA have a service level agreement to complete 90% of production requests within one working day and the remaining 10% within two working days. For quarter one of financial year 2021/22 they achieved 85.1% (218,527) within 24 hours and 100% (256,730) within 48 hours. 2.1% (19,250) took longer than 48 hours.</p><p>FedEx took over the BRP delivery contract from DX in February 2020, after a bedding in period formal reporting started in July 2020. Between 1 July 2020 and 31 March 2021 FedEx attempted to deliver 99.2% of BRPs within 48 hours of collection from DVLA, against a target to attempt delivery within 48 hours of collection for 99% of BRP packages.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/07/2021 16:21:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1344734

registered interest
date	07/07/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fly-tipping: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the minimum fine for unlawfully depositing waste.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	29008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2021 answer text <p>There is currently no minimum fine set out in law for unlawfully depositing waste under Section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for the independent courts. When deciding what sentence to impose for unlawfully depositing waste, the court will take into account the circumstances of the offence and any aggravating and mitigating factors in line with the Environmental Offences Definitive Guideline issued by the independent Sentencing Council for England and Wales. Where a court decides that a fine is the right sentence, the level of fine must reflect the seriousness of the offence and take into account the financial circumstances of the offender.</p><p> </p><p>Instead of prosecuting, councils may choose to issue a fixed penalty notice (FPN). The value of an FPN needs to be high enough to act as a deterrent, but not too high so that offenders cannot, or choose not to, pay the penalty. Defra issued a call for evidence in 2015 prior to introducing a FPN for fly-tipping offences. The responses to the call for evidence, and further analysis, led to a default value of £200, a maximum value of £400, and a discounted minimum of £120. Similarly, in 2018 Defra consulted on introducing a FPN for householders who fail in their duty of care by passing their waste to an unlicensed waste carrier and which is then found fly-tipped. Almost three-quarters of respondents to the consultation felt that the proposed value of the FPN (discounted minimum value of £120, default value of £200 and maximum value of £400) was correct.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 16/07/2021 13:15:03 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1336637

registered interest
date	15/06/2021
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	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will regulate umbrella companies.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	16056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>Agency workers’ rights are protected by legislation that covers employment businesses and employment agencies. Umbrella companies are not covered by this legislation, and they fall outside the remit of the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate, which is the body responsible for enforcing these protections.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to expand state enforcement for agency workers to cover umbrella companies. This will enable inspectors to investigate relevant complaints involving umbrella companies and take action where necessary. This will require primary legislation, which the Government will bring forward in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/06/2021 12:22:45 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1307105

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Cost Benefit Analysis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Bus Strategy, what cost-benefit analysis his Department has undertaken on the value of (a) bus franchising and (b) enhanced partnerships.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	178668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>The cost and benefits of franchising and enhanced partnerships vary by authority. The Bus Services Act 2017 Impact Assessment details cost benefit analysis of illustrative scenarios.</p><p> </p><p>It is for Mayoral Combined Authorities and other local transport authorities on a case-by-case basis to decide whether to pursue franchising or an enhanced partnership.</p><p> </p><p>The franchising legislation specifically requires a franchising assessment business case, which considers the costs and benefits of franchising, to be prepared by the authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 19/04/2021 14:29:48 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1307106

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the change in bus patronage as a result of bus franchising and enhanced partnerships compared to operation of the deregulated bus market.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	178965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>Bus passenger journey statistics are collected and published by the Department quarterly.</p><p>The Bus Services Act 2017 Impact Assessment estimates the impact of franchising and enhanced partnerships on patronage. Under franchising, we estimated that there will be a significant increase in patronage as a result of fare simplification as Local Transport Authorities take control of bus fare revenue. Under enhanced partnerships, we estimated that patronage will increase as a result of journey quality improvements.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 20/04/2021 09:25:48 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1307107

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department plans to use to define model networks in the National Bus Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	178672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>The National Bus Strategy, published on 15 March, sets out the Government’s ambitious vision for bus networks across the country, making services more frequent, more reliable, easier to understand and use, better co-ordinated and cheaper.</p><p> </p><p>By the end of October 2021, Local Transport Authorities (LTAs) are expected to publish Bus Service Improvement Plans, setting out how they will achieve the Strategy’s ambitious vision for travel by bus in their area. The Department will shortly publish detailed guidance to assist LTAs on preparing their plans.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 19/04/2021 14:33:00 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1307108

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the definition is of socially necessary networks in the National Bus Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	178966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>Local Transport Authorities (LTAs) have the ability to subsidise bus services that are not commercially viable and which they determine necessary for their local area. As outlined in the Strategy, we expect LTAs in collaboration with bus operators to deliver more comprehensive, socially necessary services, including services to smaller and isolated places and more services in the evenings and at weekends.</p><p> </p><p>We will issue further guidance on the meaning and role of socially necessary services in due course.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 19/04/2021 14:34:33 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1307109

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to provide statutory backing to the policy proposals in the National Bus Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	178967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>The National Bus Strategy sets out the Government’s vision for bus services, and how it will be delivered through local transport authorities (LTAs) using existing powers in the Bus Services Act 2017 to form Enhanced Partnership and franchising arrangements; those powers provide the statutory backing for delivery. The strategy sets out what LTAs and bus operators must do, and from when, in order to access discretionary sources of bus funding, including the £3 billion for buses announced in February 2020.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 19/04/2021 14:38:34 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond