Caroline Dinenage MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Confectionery: VATTreasuryTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61750More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance she is providing to sweetshop businesses on VAT applied to freeze-dried products.
Answer: Guidance on which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes can be found in VAT Notice 701/14 Food products on GOV.UK. Confectionery is covered at paragraph 3.6. Businesses which have read the guidance and are still unsure...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Care Services: Tax YieldsTreasuryTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51357More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of tax receipts from the hair and beauty sector.
Answer: HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) does not hold readily available analysis on tax receipts from the hair and beauty sector.
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillTreasuryTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41807More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill on the night-time economy.
Answer: A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside the introduction of the Bill containing the changes to employer NICs. The TIIN sets out the impact of the policy on the exchequer, the economic impacts of the policy, and the impacts on indi...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEquitable Life Assurance Society: CompensationTreasuryTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36390More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of funding made available through the Equitable Life Payment Scheme was returned to her Department.
Answer: The Equitable Life Payment Scheme has been fully wound down and closed since 2016, and there are no plans to reopen any decisions relating to the Payment Scheme or review the £1.5 billion funding allocation previously made to it. The remainder of the £1.5...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Care Services: VATTreasuryTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34826More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies on VAT of the British Hair Consortium’s report entitled Securing the future of UK hairdressing and beauty: The economic, fiscal & societal
Answer: VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption, and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services. VAT is also the UK’s second largest tax, forecast to raise £171 billion in 2024/25. Tax breaks reduce the revenue available for vital public ser...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry and Leisure: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16139More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the level of business rates relief for hospitality, leisure and entertainment businesses on such businesses.
Answer: Without any government intervention, Retail, Hospitality and Leisure (RHL) relief would have ended entirely in April 2025, creating a cliff-edge for businesses. Instead, the Government has decided to offer a 40 per cent discount to RHL properties up to a ...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHoliday Accommodation: TaxationTreasuryTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14031More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Table 5.2 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, for what reason the estimated revenue from the abolition of the Furnished Holiday Lettings tax regime in the 2026-27, 2027-28 and
Answer: The estimated revenue from the abolition of the Furnished Holiday Lettings tax regime has been updated to reflect latest economic forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility and latest tax return data.
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLotteries: TaxationTreasuryTabled 24 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10985More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the potential revenue loss from large society lotteries who should be paying lottery duty due to not meeting social responsibility requirements but have not.
Answer: Exemptions are permitted from Lottery Duty including for lotteries run as Large Society Lotteries under the terms of the Gambling Act 2005. Regulatory responsibility for those lotteries lies with the Gambling Commission. Society lotteries require a licenc...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFuels: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8798More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of freezing fuel duty on inflation since 2010.
Answer: Fuel duty applies to petrol, diesel and other fuels for road and non-road uses, such as construction. The Government carefully considers the impacts of fuel duty rates on the fiscal position and the economy, including on inflation, with decisions on rates...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFuels: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8795More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of maintaining the level of fuel duty on inflation in the next three financial years.
Answer: Fuel duty applies to petrol, diesel and other fuels for road and non-road uses, such as construction. The Government carefully considers the impacts of fuel duty rates on the fiscal position and the economy, including on inflation, with decisions on rates...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHoliday Accommodation: TaxationTreasuryTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7733More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what evidential basis HMRC concluded that abolition of the Furnished Holiday Lettings tax regime will not have significant macroeconomic impacts; and if she will publish that evidence.
Answer: The abolition of the Furnished Holiday Lettings tax rules will not have any macroeconomic impact due to the small proportion of the landlord population affected. There may be a limited behavioural change over the long term. Impacts are assessed as part of...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFilm and Television: Government AssistanceTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6037More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps she is taking to support the film and TV industry.
Answer: The creative industries play a key role in driving economic growth. The Government is committed to supporting the creative industries as a key part of its plan to fix the foundations of the economy. As part of this, film and TV companies benefit from extr...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFilm and Television: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6036More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of tax credits for the film and television industry on (a) the number of productions taking place in the UK, (b) foreign direct investment in the UK and (c) emp
Answer: An evaluation of the creative industry tax reliefs covering Film Tax Relief, High-end Television Tax Relief, Animation Tax Relief and Children’s Television Tax Relief was published in 2022: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/creative-industry-tax-...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
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