Caroline Dinenage MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Business Rates: Remote WorkingTreasuryTabled 24 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12658More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Valuation Office Agency has made of the potential impact on small businesses of reclassifying flexible workspaces as single hereditaments for business rates purposes; and whether this assessment
Answer: HM Treasury Ministers and officials have regular discussions with representatives from the Flexible Space Association and the wider serviced office sector to understand the impact of business rates on the sector.The Valuation Office (VO) is responsible fo...
Answered 30 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Remote WorkingTreasuryTabled 24 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12657More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions Treasury ministers have had with the Flexible Space Association on the reclassification of flexible workspaces by the Valuation Office Agency.
Answer: HM Treasury Ministers and officials have regular discussions with representatives from the Flexible Space Association and the wider serviced office sector to understand the impact of business rates on the sector.The Valuation Office (VO) is responsible fo...
Answered 30 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordUK trade with EUTreasuryTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8028More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of publishers' ability to secure preferential rates of duty for goods sold through Import One Stop Shop. .
Answer: The Import One Stop Shop is an EU VAT reporting and collection scheme for goods that are not subject to duty. It deals solely with the collection of VAT.
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCustoms: Books and MagazinesTreasuryTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4083More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the EU’s removal of the De Minimis exemption from customs duties for low-value goods on the volume of (a) print magazine (b) book exports to the EU.
Answer: The Government has been following the development of the EU’s customs reforms and the removal of the €150 customs duty relief for imports into the EU (including books and magazines from the UK). The Government is aware of concerns from professional public...
Answered 3 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCustomsTreasuryTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4082More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had conversations with professional publications about the impact of the EU’s removal of the De Minimis exemption from customs duties for low-value goods.
Answer: The Government has been following the development of the EU’s customs reforms and the removal of the €150 customs duty relief for imports into the EU (including books and magazines from the UK). The Government is aware of concerns from professional public...
Answered 3 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTaxation: Interest PaymentsTreasuryTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117689More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that HMRC provides clear information about interest on delayed and forward payments.
Answer: HMRC provides guidance on the interest applied to tax that is paid late, and on the repayment interest paid when taxpayers are owed money. The rates and explanatory information are published on GOV.UK and reviewed regularly to ensure they remain accurate,...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTourism: Tax YieldsTreasuryTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85135More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to correspondence from the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury to the Chair of the Association of International Retail dated October 15th 2025, on what evidential basis the Exchequer Secretary stated
Answer: The 103% figure for the UK’s real recovery in tourism receipts between 2019 and 2023 is based on official data. The underlying data comes from the ONS Balance of Payments (series FJPF), which tracks spending in the UK by overseas visitors. To adjust for i...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: InsuranceTreasuryTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76815More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of trends in the level of multi-occupancy residential buildings insurance premiums.
Answer: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), as the independent regulator of financial services, carried out a review into insurance for multi-occupancy buildings in 2022. The FCA had concerns about how certain elements of the market were working and in 2023 it...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTourism: VATTreasuryTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75056More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much VAT was refunded to international visitors as a result of the Government's Shop and Ship retail export scheme in 2019, 2023 and 2024.
Answer: Goods purchased in the UK and subsequently exported outside the UK, whether by the business or the consumer, may be eligible for VAT zero-rating, provided that the relevant conditions are met, and appropriate evidence of export is retained. However, as su...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Impact AssessmentsTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70405More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will she make it her policy to commission the OBR to produce an AI impact assessment.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is the Government's official independent forecaster responsible for assessing the UK economic and fiscal outlook. As an independent body, the judgements underpinning these forecasts, including potential estimates...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70404More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with international partners on the potential impact of artificial intelligence on the fiscal outlook.
Answer: The Chancellor regularly discusses issues that impact the economic and fiscal outlook with international partners, including at the G7, G20, and other multilateral fora. AI is set to be the most transformative technology of our time. The Government is tak...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxation: Artificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70403More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the (a) development and (b) dissemination of artificial intelligence on the tax base.
Answer: HM Treasury conducts a wide range of analysis to inform policy development. This includes working closely with the Department for Science, Technology and Innovation to understand the transformative impacts Artificial Intelligence (AI) may have across the ...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: ProductivityTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70402More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to pages 134-5 of the OBR’s report entitled Fiscal risks and sustainability, published on 8 July 2025, what discussions she has had with the OBR on for what reason it categorised the rapid development
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is required to prepare an analysis of the sustainability of the public finances annually, known as a Fiscal Risks and Sustainability Report (FRS), as set out in the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act (B...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: ProductivityTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70401More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she assumes increased productivity from AI adoption in her economic modelling.
Answer: The government is taking steps to consolidate the UK’s position at the forefront of artificial intelligence (AI), such as funding to enable a twentyfold expansion of the UK’s AI Research Resource and creating AI Growth Zones to accelerate the construction...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70400More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the OBR’s report entitled Fiscal risks and sustainability, published on 8 July 2025, what plans she has to commission the OBR to assess the fiscal implications of artificial intelligence.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is required to prepare an analysis of the sustainability of the public finances annually, known as a Fiscal Risks and Sustainability Report (FRS), as set out in the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act (B...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70398More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of artificial intelligence on the fiscal outlook.
Answer: HM Treasury conducts a wide range of analysis to inform policy development. This includes working closely with the Department for Science, Technology and Innovation to understand the transformative impacts Artificial Intelligence (AI) may have across the ...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
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