Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people resident in Hull are registered with HMRC as being on furlough under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
Answered by Jesse Norman
Claims made up until and including 31 May under the Coronavirus Job Retention Programme, have supported 31,900 furloughed employments where the employee is resident within the area of the City of Kingston upon Hull Unitary Authority. This is the total number of employments furloughed at any time since the start of the scheme. Within this figure one person could be furloughed for more than one job.
Further information on this statistic is available from the HMRC publication, Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Official Statistics. This can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coronavirus-job-retention-scheme-statistics-june-2020
It has not been possible to break this number down further by tax bracket within the time available.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people resident in Hull in each tax bracket are registered with HMRC as being on furlough under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
Answered by Jesse Norman
Claims made up until and including 31 May under the Coronavirus Job Retention Programme, have supported 31,900 furloughed employments where the employee is resident within the area of the City of Kingston upon Hull Unitary Authority. This is the total number of employments furloughed at any time since the start of the scheme. Within this figure one person could be furloughed for more than one job.
Further information on this statistic is available from the HMRC publication, Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Official Statistics. This can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coronavirus-job-retention-scheme-statistics-june-2020
It has not been possible to break this number down further by tax bracket within the time available.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether dental practices meeting the criteria will be eligible to apply for the top up to the local business grants fund scheme announced on the 2 May 2020.
Answered by Kemi Badenoch - President of the Board of Trade
Dental practices may be eligible for the Discretionary Grant Scheme in England. This has made up to £617m of additional funding available to Local Authorities to enable them to make payments of up to £25,000 to businesses which are ineligible the existing grants schemes. Local Authorities have received guidance regarding which kinds of businesses should be considered a priority. Local Authorities may also choose to pay grants to businesses according to local economic need, so long as businesses meet the following criteria:
Dental practices, along with other businesses, may also benefit from a range of support measures including:
The Business Support website provides further information about how businesses can access the support that has been made available, who is eligible, when the schemes open and how to apply -https://www.gov.uk/business-coronavirus-support-finder.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his timescale is for (a) allocating and (b) disbursing Small Business Grants Fund for businesses in Shared Spaces funding to (i) local authorities and (ii) Hull City Council; and what plans the Government has to provide guidance to local authorities on allocation of grants from that fund.
Answered by Kemi Badenoch - President of the Board of Trade
The Discretionary Grants Fund, announced on 1st May, provides Local Authorities in England with up to £617m additional funding to provide grants to businesses which are ineligible for the existing Small Business Grand Fund, and Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants Fund due to the way that they interact with the business rates system.
It is the Government’s intention that the following businesses should be considered as a priority for these funds:
Detailed guidance for Local Authorities on how to administer this Fund was published on 13th May, and is available on gov.uk
Local Authorities should first use expected underspends in their allocations from the existing grant funds to pay for these discretionary grants. However, where Local Authorities have insufficient underspends to pay for the Discretionary Grants Fund, they will receive additional funds by early June.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on supporting private dental practices during the covid-19 outbreak.
Answered by Steve Barclay - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
HM Treasury Ministers are in regular discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care about matters relating to health spending and policy.
The Government has set out a range of measures to support private dental practices during the covid-19 outbreak. If they meet the criteria, private dentists who are self-employed could be eligible for the Self-employment Income Support Scheme and those who are employees and receive a salary through a PAYE scheme could be eligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. All employed staff in dental practices, including support staff, could also be eligible for this scheme. In addition, private dentists can access the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, if they can channel their activity through a business account.
Dental businesses may also be eligible for up to 100% Small Business Rate Relief where it has a single property with a rateable value below £15,000. This is on top of other support, such as tax deferrals.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing the exclusion of dental practices and other medical providers from the covid-19 business rate relief scheme for the retail and hospitality sectors.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The Government has provided enhanced support to the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors through business rates relief, given the direct and acute impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on those sectors.
A range of further measures to support all businesses including those not eligible for the business rates holiday, such as medical service providers, has also been made available.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing the £50,000 eligibility cap for the Self-Employed Income Support scheme for people classed as key workers.
Answered by Jesse Norman
Some 95% of people who receive the majority of their income from self-employment could be eligible to benefit from the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). The scheme, including the £50,000 threshold, is designed to ensure it is targeted at those who need it the most, and who are most reliant on their self-employment income.
Those with average profits above £50,000 could still benefit from other support. The SEISS supplements the significant support already announced for UK businesses, including the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme and the deferral of tax payments. More information about the full range of business support measures is available at www.businesssupport.gov.uk/coronavirus-business-support/.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to provide a loan guarantee offer through the business interruption loan scheme for community organisations affected by covid-19.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The government has announced a significant package of financial support for businesses and organisations, including through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme. Details of this package are available at: www.businesssupport.gov.uk
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question to the HM Treasury:
What estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the proposals announced by the Prime Minister since 23 May 2019.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
The Prime Minister has made a number of announcements since 23 May, including on modern slavery and mental health. Where announcements have additional costs in 2019/20, they will be funded from existing departmental budgets.
Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Hull North have annual incomes of £80,000 or more.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The information requested is not available from HMRC’s statistical source (Survey of Personal Incomes) due to an insufficient sample size for this group of taxpayers, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost from administrative databases.