Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to Agricultural Property Relief on the profitability of farming businesses.
Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Government published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief at www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms.
It is expected that up to around 2,000 estates will be affected by the changes to APR and BPR in 2026-27, with around half of those being claims that involve AIM shares. Almost three-quarters of estates claiming agricultural property relief (or those claiming agricultural property relief and business property relief together) are expected to be unaffected by these reforms.
In accordance with standard practice, a tax information and impact note will be published alongside the draft legislation before the relevant Finance Bill.
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with her Australian counterpart on the impact of excise tax for tobacco products on (a) consumer and (b) organised crime group behaviour.
Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
No discussions have taken place with Australian ministers on these issues.
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has been provided use of a vehicle for official Ministerial travel from outside the Government Car Service.
Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
We do not comment on the specific arrangements in place for the Chancellor because of security.
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Government departments have spent on procurement relating to both goods and services in total in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answered by Darren Jones - Chief Secretary to the Treasury
The Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) that were published in July 2024 shows budget aggregates and spending for 5 years of outturn and one plan year up to 2024-25. Chapter 2 of PESA includes several tables that show departmental budgets broken down by economic category. Table 2.2 for example shows totals for ‘Gross current procurement in budgets’ whilst table 2.3 shows totals for ‘Gross capital procurement in budgets’. Here is a link to the PESA 2024 dataset:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-expenditure-statistical-analyses-2024
The Public Spending Statistics (PSS) dataset was also published in July 2024 is similar to PESA but only covers the five years of outturn up to 2023-24. Included within the July 2024 PSS dataset is a database and associated pivot table in Excel format. From the pivot table it is possible to obtain the gross current and capital procurement totals as seen in tables 2.2 and 2.3 broken down by department group. Here is a link to the July 2024 PSS dataset:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-spending-statistics-release-july-2024
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Ian Corfield has left his role at her Department following the International Investment Summit in October 2024.
Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
Ian Corfield was appointed on a short-term basis to carry out urgent work in support of the government’s International Investment Summit on 14 October. He has now left the department, as planned.
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will place in the House of Commons Library a copy of each (a) equality assessment and (b) environmental principles assessment released by her Department under the (i) Freedom of Information Act 2000 and (ii) Environmental Information Regulations since 4 July 2024, redacting the name of individual applicants.
Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
Since 4 July 2024, HM Treasury has released two impact assessments in response to Freedom of Information requests.
The first, on targeting the Winter Fuel Allowance is available publicly on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/responses-to-freedom-of-information-requests-on-equality-impact-assessments-produced-for-targeting-winter-fuel-payment.
The second, on removing the temporary £20-per-week uplift for Universal Credit during the Covid-19 pandemic March 2020 has been provided to the House of Lords library.
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will list each of the business attendees who accompanied Arden Strategies at her Department's roundtable on 17 September 2024.
Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Government engaged with a number of different businesses and trade bodies in the run up to the International Investment Summit to help coordinate meetings with key investors as part of the usual course of business. It also has an ongoing business engagement programme run by officials. All external meetings between senior officials at Permanent Secretary and Director General are published on gov.uk in the usual way as part of the department’s quarterly transparency return.
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the policy paper entitled Tax changes for non-UK domiciled individuals, published on 30 October 2024, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to the non-domiciled tax regime on the UK's global competitiveness as a financial hub.
Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Government is committed to improving the UK’s competitiveness internationally and securing economic growth. This reform has been specifically designed to make the UK competitive with a modern, simple tax regime that is also fair. It establishes a tax regime for new residents, which is more attractive to new arrivals than the current rules.
The Government published a Tax Information and Impact Note for this policy on 30 October. This can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tax-changes-for-non-uk-domiciled-individuals/reforming-the-taxation-of-non-uk-domiciled-individuals.
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of mitigations from proposed changes to (a) Agricultural Property Relief and (b) Business Property Relief for farmers over 70 years old.
Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Government published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief at www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms.
It is expected that up to around 2,000 estates will be affected in 2026-27 by the changes to APR and BPR, with around half of those being claims that involve AIM shares. Almost three-quarters of estates claiming agricultural property relief (or those claiming agricultural property relief and business property relief together) are expected to be unaffected by these reforms.
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings Kamella Hudson attended with her Department since 5 July 2024.
Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
All meetings held by Ministers are published on a quarterly basis on gov.uk. Any meetings held between July and September will be published in late December here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel