Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to respond to correspondence of 3 April 2023 from the hon. Member for Glasgow East, reference DL15175, which was transferred to HM Revenue and Customs from the Department for Work and Pensions on 13 April 2023.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
HMRC sent the requested information to the hon. Member’s constituent on 1 June 2023 and replied to the hon. Member on 6 June 2023.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent meetings with SCOPE on their social tariff on energy campaign.
Answered by Gareth Davies - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
Officials from HM Treasury and the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero met with SCOPE in January 2023 to discuss energy-related needs and support for disabled people.
In March, the Government set out its intention to consult in Summer 2023 on options for a new approach to consumer protection in the energy markets from April 2024 onwards. The government continues to engage with a range of stakeholders as part of its wider retail market reforms.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that Departmental funding for preventing violence against women and girls is protected from potential real-terms spending reductions.
Answered by John Glen
Tackling violence against women and girls is a Government priority. We have made significant progress since publishing the cross-Government Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy and the Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan in 2021 and 2022 respectively, which committed £230 million across-Government to tackling this heinous crime.
In future years, it will be for those departments that lead on Violence Against Women and Girls to determine funding allocations for this work within their wider budgets.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide an estimate of the annual cost to the public purse of a change in the rate of VAT on pet food from standard rate to zero defined in sections 6 and 7 of VAT Notice 701/15.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
VAT has been designed as a broad-based tax on consumption, and the twenty per cent standard rate applies to the majority of goods and services. Pet food attracts the standard rate of VAT.
Introducing any new VAT reliefs would come at a cost to the Exchequer and any changes should be seen in the context of over £50 billion worth of requests for relief from VAT received since the EU referendum. Given this, there are no plans to change the current VAT treatment of pet food.
The Government keeps all taxes under review. Any future changes to the UK tax system will be costed in the usual way.