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Written Question
Mortgages: Government Assistance
Friday 15th March 2024

Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to support homeowners who are unable to switch to a cheaper mortgage deal.

Answered by Bim Afolami - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)

The Government understands that being unable to switch your mortgage can be extremely stressful. Alongside the Financial Conduct Authority and industry, we have shown we are willing to act through the introduction of a ‘modified affordability assessment’, which removes the regulatory barriers that prevented some customers, who otherwise may have been able to switch, from accessing new products. We are also regularly in contact with key stakeholders, including recently with the UK Mortgage Prisoners campaign group.

The Government remains committed to this issue and will continue to work with industry and wider stakeholders to determine if there are proposals that will meaningly benefit affected borrowers and be fair to other borrowers in the wider market.


Written Question
Treasury: Apprentices
Friday 1st March 2024

Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department (a) paid in apprenticeship levy fees and (b) spent from its apprenticeship levy funds between September 2021 and August 2023.

Answered by Gareth Davies - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

The most recent Civil Service Apprenticeship Strategy (published in April 2022) stated that part of monitoring and measuring the success would include value for money from the apprenticeship levy. The aim is that the Civil Service “will use at least 65% of its annual levy contribution in one year, further increasing each year, in order to achieve a return on investment.”

The spend against levy contribution across the period requested is above the target.


Written Question
Mortgages
Tuesday 6th February 2024

Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 8 March 2023 to Question 157639 on Mortgages, whether he plans to publish a response to the report entitled Releasing the Mortgage Prisoners, published on 1 March 2023.

Answered by Bim Afolami - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)

The Government understands that being unable to switch your mortgage can be extremely stressful and, alongside the Financial Conduct Authority and industry, have shown we are willing to act, such as through the introduction of a ‘modified affordability assessment’.

The Government remains committed to this issue, and we are considering the proposals put forward in this report very carefully. While we cannot force lenders to lend to borrowers they consider too high a risk, we welcome views on any further practical and proportionate solutions that would meaningfully assist affected borrowers and be fair to other borrowers in the wider market. We are also regularly in contact with key stakeholders, including recently with the UK Mortgage Prisoners campaign group, to discuss potential solutions.


Written Question
Treasury: Feltham and Heston
Friday 19th January 2024

Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) schemes and (b) grants their Department administers that are open for (i) individuals, (ii) organisations and (iii) other groups in Feltham and Heston constituency to apply for as of 10 January 2024.

Answered by Gareth Davies - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury does not run schemes or grant programmes open to application by members of the public, organisations or other groups in the normal course of business, as these are managed by other departments across Government. As such, the department does not currently have any active schemes or grant programmes of this nature.


Written Question
Apprentices: Taxation
Thursday 14th September 2023

Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was raised by the apprenticeships levy in the 2022/2023 academic year.

Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Monthly receipts data for the Apprenticeship Levy is published by HM Revenue and Customs in their Tax and NIC Receipts publication which can be found online at:

HMRC tax receipts and National Insurance contributions for the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).


Written Question
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation: Licensing
Thursday 20th July 2023

Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many renewal applications for specific licences that are being processed by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation were submitted more than six months ago.

Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office

Details of both general and specific licences issued by OFSI are set out in OFSI’s Annual Review, published each autumn.

Please see 2022 Annual Review.


Written Question
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation: Licensing
Thursday 20th July 2023

Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) new and (b) renewal applications for (i) general and (ii) specific Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation licences have not been processed by that Office.

Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office

Details of both general and specific licences issued by OFSI are set out in OFSI’s Annual Review, published each autumn.

Please see 2022 Annual Review.


Written Question
Revenue and Customs: Staff
Tuesday 4th July 2023

Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of HMRC workforce resources.

Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

We review HMRC's workforce requirements as part of regular performance and financial monitoring.


Written Question
Revenue and Customs: Standards
Tuesday 4th July 2023

Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to conclusion 3 of the Forty-ninth report of the Committee of Public Accounts entitled Managing tax compliance following the pandemic, published on 3 May 2023, HC 739, if he will make it his policy to set a target for the compliance yield required to make up for any shortfall during the pandemic.

Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

The Government is considering the Committee’s recommendations and will respond in a Treasury Minute in due course.


Written Question
Revenue and Customs: Standards
Monday 3rd July 2023

Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 11 of the forty-ninth report of the Committee of Public Accounts entitled Managing tax compliance following the pandemic, published on 3 May 2023, HC 739, what assessment he has made of the impact of HMRC's deterrent work on levels of tax compliance.

Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

The Government is considering the Committee’s recommendations and will respond in a Treasury Minute in due course.