Harriet Cross MP: written questions
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Holiday Accommodation: TaxationTreasuryTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27711More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the policy paper entitled Abolition of the furnished holiday lettings tax regime, updated on 7 November 2024, on what evidential basis her Department determined that the furnished holiday let tax r
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, by providing a tax incentive to invest in and provide th...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27471More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish an updated impact assessment of changes to Business Property Relief; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of those changes on family-owned businesses in (a) Scotland and (b) t
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answers provided in response to her previous questions on this topic: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-11-25/15987/ and https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questio...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27470More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what sectoral impact assessments her Department has conducted on changes to Business Property Relief since the Autumn Budget 2024; and whether she has made an estimate of the number of businesses at risk of closure
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answers provided in response to her previous questions on this topic: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-11-25/15987/ and https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questio...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday Accommodation: TaxationTreasuryTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27462More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the Furnished Holiday Let tax regime on rural tourism businesses.
Answer: The Government will abolish the Furnished Holiday Lettings (FHLs) tax regime from April 2025. This will equalise the tax treatment of FHL and non-FHL landlords’ income and gains.The Government wants to support visitor accommodation alongside housing for l...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday Accommodation: TaxationTreasuryTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27461More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with (a) the Scottish Government and (b) local authorities in Scotland on the abolition of the Furnished Holiday Let tax regime.
Answer: The Government will abolish the Furnished Holiday Lettings (FHLs) tax regime from April 2025. This will equalise the tax treatment of FHL and non-FHL landlords’ income and gains.The Government wants to support visitor accommodation alongside housing for l...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday Accommodation: TaxationTreasuryTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27460More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with (a) VisitScotland, (b) the Scottish Tourism Alliance and (c) other tourism sector representatives on the planned changes to the furnished holiday let tax regime.
Answer: The Government will abolish the Furnished Holiday Lettings (FHLs) tax regime from April 2025. This will equalise the tax treatment of FHL and non-FHL landlords’ income and gains.The Government wants to support visitor accommodation alongside housing for l...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday Accommodation: TaxationTreasuryTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27459More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of planned changes to the furnished holiday let tax regime on tourism accommodation capacity in (a) rural Scotland and (b) the UK.
Answer: The Government will abolish the Furnished Holiday Lettings (FHLs) tax regime from April 2025. This will equalise the tax treatment of FHL and non-FHL landlords’ income and gains.The Government wants to support visitor accommodation alongside housing for l...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday Accommodation: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27456More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on the total value of tax relief claimed under the furnished holiday let tax regime in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK in the 2023-24 financial year.
Answer: HMRC does not hold data on the number of furnished holiday let properties registered for tax purposes. Landlords are not required to register individual properties, or to declare the number of properties that they let. Furnished holiday lettings currently...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday Accommodation: TaxationTreasuryTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27455More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data her Department holds on the number of furnished holiday let properties registered for tax purposes in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK as of January 2025.
Answer: HMRC does not hold data on the number of furnished holiday let properties registered for tax purposes. Landlords are not required to register individual properties, or to declare the number of properties that they let. Furnished holiday lettings currently...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to provide funding to households that cannot afford to replace their total heating total control heating system when it stops working following the closure of the
Answer: The Department is aware of the complexity of a Total Heating Total Control (THTC) metering system and the tariff requirements of customers with such a system installed. Energy suppliers are best placed to advise on suitable replacement systems and tariffs...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help prepare households for the closure of the radio teleswitch service in June 2025.
Answer: The Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS) is an industry-led initiative, with the switch-off being overseen by the energy industry, Energy UK and Ofgem. I recently met with Ofgem and Energy UK to discuss plans for the switch-off. I will continue to meet them reg...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: MetersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26355More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help support households in rural areas in Scotland that do not have a (a) mobile and (b) radio signal and cannot install a smart meter in advance of the
Answer: Where a household is one of the 0.7% of premises in Great Britain without Wide Area Network (WAN) coverage, energy suppliers can provide pre-configured smart meters, which operate like analogue meters, until a WAN connection can be established. The Office...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTyres: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26354More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of used tyre exports on the environment; and what steps his Department is taking to help mitigate these impacts.
Answer: UK legislation requires that those involved in the shipment of waste take all necessary steps to ensure waste is managed in an environmentally sound manner throughout its shipment and at the waste management facility in the country of destination. Any ope...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTyres: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26353More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help support the development of domestic (a) infrastructure and (b) technology for tyre recycling.
Answer: This Government is committed to beginning the transition to a circular economy. The Secretary of State has asked his Department to work with experts from industry, academia, civil society, and the civil service to develop a Circular Economy Strategy for E...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTyres: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26352More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) increase domestic recycling capacity for end-of-life vehicle tyres and (b) reduce reliance on exports.
Answer: This Government is committed to beginning the transition to a circular economy. The Secretary of State has asked his Department to work with experts from industry, academia, civil society, and the civil service to develop a Circular Economy Strategy for E...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAfrican Swine FeverDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2024 to Question 10798 on African Swine Fever, what uncertainty is there around the human mediated pathways for African swine fever.
Answer: Defra and its agencies regularly review the spread of ASF when new outbreaks occur internationally and publishes risk assessments on GOV.UK at: African swine fever in pigs and wild boars in Europe - GOV.UK. Since the latest risk assessment of July 2024, t...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAfrican Swine Fever: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12667 on African Swine Fever: Disease Control, whether his Department plans to continue to provide funding to Dover District Coun
Answer: Defra, like all Government departments, is undergoing a zero-based review so this policy is being measured against all others. Any ongoing funding will be subject to approvals as part of the Spending Review.
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Products: SmugglingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23681More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12669 on Animal Products: Smuggling, if he will make an assessment of the likelihood of (a) banned and (b) African swine fever in
Answer: Meat imported commercially via Border Control Posts is subject to local authority-led official controls to ensure that it complies with UK import conditions. The Home Office’s Border Force has lead responsibility for identifying and seizing meat imported ...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: InvestmentTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23680More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she had discussions with industry stakeholders at the International Investment Summit on investment in the UK’s strategic energy infrastructure.
Answer: The Chancellor met with a range of domestic and international investors with current and prospective investments in the UK’s strategic energy infrastructure at the International Investment Summit.
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon Capture and Storage: North EastTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23679More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the new carbon capture clusters on the economy in (a) Teesside and (b) Merseyside.
Answer: The first clusters were selected after an assessment of five criteria, including economic benefits. We expect these two clusters to support 4,000 jobs in the short term and 50,000 jobs across the supply chain as the sector matures in the 2030s, Carbon Cap...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBereavement Support PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the time frame in which bereavement support can be claimed.
Answer: Bereavement Support Payment (BSP) helps people with short-term bereavement costs, by way of a lump sum followed by up to 18 monthly instalments. The lump sum has a 12 -month, and each instalment a 3- month, time limit for claiming. A person would need to ...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: FinanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19573More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the potential cost to the public purse is of the Government’s international climate finance commitments since July 2024; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of this
Answer: The Government has made a number of spending commitments since July to deliver the UK’s pledge, announced in 2019, to spend £11.6 billion in International Climate Finance (ICF) between April 2021 and March 2026. The £11.6 billion commitment is from the UK...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFood: ImportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK's (a) biosecurity and (b) border control measures for imported goods.
Answer: The Government is committed to protecting our biosecurity and we are using a risk based approach to maintain the appropriate level of controls. Defra will continue to monitor for new and emerging risks and review the border control checks introduced under...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: TrainingScotland OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions she has had with the Scottish Government on regional-specific skills development funds for workers transitioning from the oil and gas industry.
Answer: Scotland’s world class offshore oil and gas workers should be at the forefront of the race to clean power.The UK Government is partnering with the Scottish Government to deliver a skills passport for oil and gas workers as part of the clean energy transit...
Answered 28 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: EmploymentScotland OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps his Department is taking to help North Sea workers to transition to green economy jobs in Scotland.
Answer: Scotland’s world class offshore oil and gas workers should be at the forefront of the race to clean power.The UK Government is partnering with the Scottish Government, Offshore Energies UK, Renewable UK, OPITO, Global Wind Organisation (GWO) and other key...
Answered 28 Nov 2024
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