Claire Hanna MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Public Expenditure: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61306More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the document entitled UK Infrastructure: A 10 Year Strategy, CP 1344, published on 19 June 2025, if he will publish the Barnett consequential for Northern Ireland for each new item of funding annou
Answer: The Barnett formula is applied when departmental budgets change – not when departments announce how they are spending their budgets. When changes to UK Government departments’ budgets were confirmed at Spending Review 2025 on 11 June, the Barnett formula ...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: ContractsTreasuryTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55279More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value is of contracts awarded to outside providers for the provision of the Making Tax Digital programme.
Answer: The MTD Programme’s current external supplier expenditure to date totals approximately £0.4 billion. MTD for VAT is expected to bring in over £4 billion in tax revenue by reducing error in VAT returns, whilst MTD for Income Tax is expected to bring in an ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: TaxationTreasuryTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55278More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment HMRC has made of the potential impact of quarterly reporting on smaller businesses.
Answer: Quarterly updates required under Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax are not the same as full tax returns. They are simple summaries of income and expenses. Software will automatically draw data from a taxpayer’s digital records so where these records...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Shared Prosperity Fund: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52908More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will ensure funding is made available to support economically inactive beneficiaries in Northern Ireland into employment after the end of UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Answer: The UK Shared Prosperity Fund was extended at Autumn Budget 2024 at a level of £902m, providing support for local areas, including economic inactivity support in Northern Ireland. In 2025 – 2026, Northern Ireland was allocated £45.48 million under the UKS...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Internal Trade: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52342More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the service standard level time is for businesses to receive a UK Internal Market Scheme number.
Answer: The UK Internal Market Scheme (UKIMS) was launched in June 2023, allowing businesses across the United Kingdom to apply, and HMRC has successfully encouraged over 10,000 traders to get authorised.HMRC is required to take a decision regarding the outcome o...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Internal Trade: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52341More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken is for businesses to (a) apply for and (b) receive a UK Internal Market Scheme number.
Answer: The UK Internal Market Scheme (UKIMS) was launched in June 2023, allowing businesses across the United Kingdom to apply, and HMRC has successfully encouraged over 10,000 traders to get authorised.HMRC is required to take a decision regarding the outcome o...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFreezing of Assets: LibyaTreasuryTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51166More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value inclusive of accrued interest is of assets frozen by the UK that belonged to the Libyan Qaddafi regime.
Answer: The Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), part of HM Treasury published in its 2023-2024 Annual Review that £13.4 billion in assets relating to the Libya sanctions regime have been reported as frozen as of September 2023. This is an aggreg...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Expenditure: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48188More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there will be a Barnett consequential for Northern Ireland following the roll out of free breakfast clubs in England.
Answer: At Phase 1 of the 2025 Spending Review, over £30 million was allocated to the Department for Education to fund breakfast clubs in 2025-26. The Barnett formula was applied in the usual way to changes in the Department for Education’s Delegated Expenditure ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSafe Hands Plans: InsolvencyTreasuryTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41597More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the final report by the Complaints Commissioner entitled The FCA’s handling of Safe Hands Plans Limited, published on 11 March 2025, if she will make recommendations to the Financial Conduct Author
Answer: I am sympathetic to all the Safe Hands customers who have lost money, following the collapse of the firm in 2022. Once concerns were raised about the funeral plan market, the Government legislated to bring all pre-paid funeral plan providers and intermedi...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChoirs: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41228More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the orchestra tax relief to include choirs.
Answer: The Government supports the creative industries, including orchestras, through funding and through the tax system. Orchestra Tax Relief (OTR) provides tax relief on productions costs and provided £33 million of support in 2022-23. To qualify for OTR, a co...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: TaxationTreasuryTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40391More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to increase the childcare tax free cap in line with inflation.
Answer: The £2,000 Tax-Free Childcare top-up, which can be claimed per year and per child up to age 11 (and £4,000 per disabled child, up to age 16), was set at this level because it strikes the right balance between helping parents with their childcare costs, an...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Wealth Fund: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39973More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the National Wealth Fund investment in Northern Ireland.
Answer: HM Treasury ministers and officials engage regularly with the Northern Ireland Executive. The Chancellor met the First Minister and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland on 12 September 2024 and discussed how to deliver economic growth in Northern Ire...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34656More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to locate GRS Research Government Scheme Jobs in Northern Ireland.
Answer: The Government Social Research Profession (GSR) is made up of over 2,500 members living and working across the four nations of the UK in devolved administrations, departments, and arm’s lengths bodies. There are members of GSR located in Northern Ireland....
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Estate: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32204More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what outcomes relating to building inclusive communities and economic growth The Crown Estate has delivered in Northern Ireland.
Answer: As custodians of the seabed, The Crown Estate plays a crucial role in supporting Northern Ireland’s energy strategy, which aims to deliver 1GW of electricity from offshore wind from 2030, enough to power about a million homes. This initiative, outlined in...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Estate: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32203More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Crown Estate plans to extend Net Zero housing pilots to Northern Ireland.
Answer: The Crown Estate is currently trialling net zero carbon homes through three demonstration projects aimed at improving home quality and energy security. These projects involve developing 200 homes across three sites in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Ches...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Estate: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32185More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much is the total value of (a) retail and (b) commercial assets owned by the Crown Estate in Northern Ireland.
Answer: The Crown Estate’s assets in Northern Ireland predominantly fall under the coastal, marine or cable asset classes. The total value of these asset classes is currently £25,970,540 across telecommunication cables, coastal, interconnectors, pipelines, power ...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Estate: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32183More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue the Crown Estate has generated from rents paid by (a) public authorities and (b) councils in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
Answer: The revenue The Crown Estate has generated from rents paid by public authorities in Northern Ireland is as follows: in 2020 the figure was £64,231.19, in 2021 the figure was £ 55,251.06, in 2022 the figure was £56,915.66, in 2023 the figure was £56,689.16...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Expenditure: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29925More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will list all Barnett consequentials that her Department plans to allocate to the Northern Ireland Executive that include additional funding to reflect the public sector cost of increased Employer NIC contrib
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Chancellor agreed to provide funding to the public sector to support them with the additional cost associated with changes to employer National Insurance Contributions policy. The Northern Ireland Executive will receive funding ...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCycle to Work Scheme: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29923More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2025 to Question 27961 on Cycle to Work Scheme and the Answer of 21 November 2024 to Question 14753 on the Cycle to Work Scheme: Low Incomes, whether her Department plans to cons
Answer: HMRC has commissioned an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Cycle to Work scheme and will publish its findings in due course. The government keeps all taxes under review.
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Finance: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29045More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Barnet consequentials for Northern Ireland will be in relation to the Local Government Finance Settlement.
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have announced final allocations for the Local Government Finance Settlement for 2025-26. Part of this funding comes from Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) agreed at the Phase 1 of the Spending...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCycle to Work SchemeTreasuryTabled 31 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27961More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will have discussions with (a) HMRC, (b) the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland, (c) the Secretary of State for Transport, (d) Transport Scotland and (e) the Welsh Government on people excluded
Answer: The Cycle to Work scheme is a benefit-in-kind provided by employers to their employees. A benefit-in-kind is a form of non-cash remuneration provided by employers to their employees. Income tax and National Insurance contribution relief is provided on the...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHelp to Buy Scheme: Individual Savings AccountsTreasuryTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15503More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to revise the upper purchase price on help to buy ISAs in line with the housing market.
Answer: This Government is committed to helping first time buyers own their own home, and will do this by building 1.5 million more homes.The Government keeps savings policy under review, any changes of this kind would be made at a relevant fiscal event.
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidTreasuryTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15483More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress she is making on returning the level of the aid budget to 0.7% of gross national income.
Answer: The Government remains committed to restoring Official Development Assistance (ODA) spending to 0.7% of GNI as soon as fiscal circumstances allow, but this isn’t currently affordable. The OBR’s latest forecast shows that the ODA fiscal tests are not due t...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordChildcare: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 8 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13281More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of eligible households in Belfast South and Mid Down constituency are availing of the Tax Free Childcare scheme.
Answer: Data on Tax-Free Childcare users for 2024 parliamentary constituencies will not be published until May 2025. However, the number of families who used Tax-Free Childcare in 2023/24 in the three former constituencies that predominantly make up Belfast South...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Expenditure: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12605More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Barnett Consequential have been calculated for the Northern Ireland Executive following the recent announcement of additional rates support for (a) retail, (b) hospitality and (c) leisure in the Autumn Budget 2
Answer: As a result of decisions taken at the Autumn Budget, the Northern Ireland Executive (NIE) is receiving £18.2 billion in 2025-26, including an additional £1.5 billion Barnett consequentials. The NIE’s settlement for 2025-26 delivers a real-terms increase a...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
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