Harriet Cross MP: written questions 2025
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Public 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
Original Parliament recordHoliday 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
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