Harriet Cross MP: written questions
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Written questions
BroadbandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34734More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps the Government is taking to increase the uptake of broadband provision (a) across the country and (b) in rural areas.
Answer: The government is committed to delivering 2030 nationwide gigabit connectivity coverage, with 86% of premises now able to access a gigabit-capable connection thanks to a pro-competition regulatory environment. Take-up is just as important as roll-out. Thi...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Company ObligationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34733More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether households with existing underfloor foam insulation are eligible for funding through the Energy Company Obligation 4 (ECO4) scheme.
Answer: Households with existing underfloor foam insulation may be eligible for Energy Company Obligation 4 (ECO4) scheme support if they meet scheme eligibility criteria. Homes equivalent to Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) bands D-G, for owner occupied hous...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Company ObligationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34732More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what funding his Department plans to allocate to Phase 4 of the Energy Company Obligation 4 (ECO4) scheme.
Answer: ECO4 is not a Government funded scheme, but a legal obligation placed on energy suppliers to delivery energy efficiency support to eligible households. The obligated suppliers fund the upfront costs of those installations and recoup the funds through thei...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Company ObligationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding remains available in Phase 3 of the Energy Company Obligation 4 (ECO4) scheme.
Answer: ECO4 funding is not released through a tranche system. The scheme sets a legal obligation on energy suppliers, and this is divided between energy suppliers based on their respective shares of the domestic gas and electricity market. Energy suppliers are p...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSurrogacy: RegulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority on the proposal for it to be designated as the regulator for surrogacy, as recommended in the Law Commi
Answer: The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women’s Health and Mental Health will be writing to the Chairs of the Law Commissions of England, Wales, and Scotland shortly, to follow up their meeting on 5 November. A Government response t...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSurrogacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to publish its full response to the Law Commission’s report Building Families Through Surrogacy: A New Law, published in March 2023, following its interim response on 8 No
Answer: The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women’s Health and Mental Health will be writing to the Chairs of the Law Commissions of England, Wales, and Scotland shortly, to follow up their meeting on 5 November. A Government response t...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2024 to Question 15988 on Agriculture: Inheritance Tax, on what evidential basis his Department (a) determined that 73% of claims will be for less
Answer: As referenced in the answer to PQ 15988, 73 per cent (1,264 of 1,730) of claims by estates for agricultural property relief in 2021-22 were for properties valued below £1 million. This is calculated using a table published by HM Treasury using HMRC data i...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordInheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32334More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has issued new impact assessments on (a) Agricultural Property Relief and (b) Business Property Relief since Autumn Budget 2024; what schedule her Department has for publishing future impact a
Answer: The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and businesses, and fixing the public finances. The reforms reduce the inheritance tax advant...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordInheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32333More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to (a) Agricultural Property Relief and (b) Business Property Relief on trends in (a) employment levels, (b) business succession arran
Answer: The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and businesses, and fixing the public finances. The reforms reduce the inheritance tax advant...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: Workplace PensionsTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32331More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the total cost of implementing the McCloud remedy; and how she plans to fund this.
Answer: The McCloud remedy took effect from October 2023 and will deliver a full remedy to all affected public service pension scheme members. Schemes and responsible departments are making progress to ensure the remedy is delivered as quickly as possible. All af...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: Workplace PensionsTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32329More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take to communicate with people affected by the McCloud remedy to ensure that they are (a) informed of changes to their pensions and (b) provided with regular updates on when they will receiv
Answer: The McCloud remedy took effect from October 2023 and will deliver a full remedy to all affected public service pension scheme members. Schemes and responsible departments are making progress to ensure the remedy is delivered as quickly as possible. All af...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: Workplace PensionsTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32326More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she has taken to improve communications with people affected by the McCloud remedy; and what further steps she plans to take to ensure transparency.
Answer: The McCloud remedy took effect from October 2023 and will deliver a full remedy to all affected public service pension scheme members. Schemes and responsible departments are making progress to ensure the remedy is delivered as quickly as possible. All af...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: Workplace PensionsTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32325More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that people impacted by the McCloud remedy receive their entitlements promptly.
Answer: The McCloud remedy took effect from October 2023 and will deliver a full remedy to all affected public service pension scheme members. Schemes and responsible departments are making progress to ensure the remedy is delivered as quickly as possible. All af...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: Workplace PensionsTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32324More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress she has made on implementing the McCloud remedy since July 2024; and what steps she is taking to ensure (a) full and (b) timely delivery.
Answer: The McCloud remedy took effect from October 2023 and will deliver a full remedy to all affected public service pension scheme members. Schemes and responsible departments are making progress to ensure the remedy is delivered as quickly as possible. All af...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday Accommodation: ScotlandTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32264More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent analysis her Department has undertaken on the regional distribution of revenues from the abolition of the Furnished Holiday Lettings tax regime; and what proportion of this revenue is expected to be rais
Answer: The Government will abolish the Furnished Holiday Lettings (FHL) tax regime from April 2025. The abolition of the FHL regime will raise £190m by 2029-30, which will help support public services across the United Kingdom, including in Scotland.
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: TaxationTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32262More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to the Energy Profits Levy on inward investment in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf.
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024 the Government confirmed that from 1 November 2024, the Energy Profits Levy (EPL) rate would increase by 3 percentage points to 38%, the EPL investment allowance would be abolished and the EPL decarbonisation allowance rate would be ...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: TaxationTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32261More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to the Energy Profits Levy on inward investment in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf.
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024 the Government confirmed that from 1 November 2024, the Energy Profits Levy (EPL) rate would increase by 3 percentage points to 38%, the EPL investment allowance would be abolished and the EPL decarbonisation allowance rate would be ...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: FinanceTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32260More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the planned funding allocations for International Climate Finance in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26; and via which Departmental budgets will this be distributed.
Answer: The Prime Minister has confirmed that Official Development Assistance (ODA) is being reduced to 0.3% of GNI by 2027 to support increases to defence and security spending. Implications of the planned ODA reduction will be determined through Phase 2 of the ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29334More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) changes to (i) Agricultural Property Relief and (ii) Business Property Relief and (b) interest rates on (A) family farm succession planning and (B) food se
Answer: The Chancellor wrote to the Chair of the Treasury Select Committee about the reforms to agricultural and business property reliefs announced at the 2024 Autumn Budget: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/45691/documents/226235/default/. The UK G...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29333More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to (a) Agricultural Property Relief and (b) Business Property Relief on (i) food security, (ii) agricultural investment and (iii) the viability of fami
Answer: The Chancellor wrote to the Chair of the Treasury Select Committee about the reforms to agricultural and business property reliefs announced at the 2024 Autumn Budget: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/45691/documents/226235/default/. The UK G...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29332More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria on (a) total acreage, (b) agricultural land usage, (c) livestock numbers and (d) Rural Payments Agency claim data were used to define an agricultural holding for impact assessments of changes to (i) Ag
Answer: The Chancellor wrote to the Chair of the Treasury Select Committee about the reforms to agricultural and business property reliefs announced at the 2024 Autumn Budget: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/45691/documents/226235/default/. The UK G...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29308More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assumptions on the timing of intergenerational farm transfers were used in forecasts of farms affected by changes to (a) Agricultural Property Relief and (b) Business Property Relief.
Answer: The Chancellor wrote to the Chair of the Treasury Select Committee about the reforms to agricultural and business property reliefs announced at the 2024 Autumn Budget: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/45691/documents/226235/default/. The UK G...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29307More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assumptions on marital status were used in forecasts of farms impacted by changes to (a) Agricultural Property Relief and (b) Business Property Relief.
Answer: The Chancellor wrote to the Chair of the Treasury Select Committee about the reforms to agricultural and business property reliefs announced at the 2024 Autumn Budget: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/45691/documents/226235/default/. The UK G...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29306More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many farms impacted by changes to (a) Agricultural Property Relief and (b) Business Property Relief she expects to have previously claimed solely for Business Property Relief.
Answer: The Chancellor wrote to the Chair of the Treasury Select Committee about the reforms to agricultural and business property reliefs announced at the 2024 Autumn Budget: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/45691/documents/226235/default/. The UK G...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday Accommodation: TaxationTreasuryTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27712More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes in tax liabilities and reliefs on small-scale furnished holiday let operators transitioning to long-term residential letting; and what the d
Answer: The Government will abolish the Furnished Holiday Lettings (FHL) tax regime from April 2025. The FHL tax regime has created a distortion that favours short-term holiday lets over longer-term rentals. Abolishing it will equalise the tax treatment of FHL an...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
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