Helen Whately MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Agriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17857More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what case studies she has used to calculate the financial impact of proposed changes to Agricultural Property Relief.
Answer: The tax base consists of all estates subject to Inheritance Tax that are projected to claim Agricultural Property Relief or Business Property Relief across the scorecard period. The tax base is estimated using HMRC administrative data, and is grown over t...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: KentTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17853More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many farms were subject to inheritance tax in Faversham and Mid Kent constituency in the (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22 financial year.
Answer: Inheritance Tax is a tax on the estate (the property, money and possessions) of someone who’s died. Farmland and farming assets are not the unit of taxation, although some taxpaying estates may contain farmland and farming assets. Information about how ma...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: KentTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17852More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to (a) agricultural and (b) business property relief in the Autumn Budget on family-owned farms in (a) Kent and (b) Faversham and Mid Kent constituency
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the PQ referenced 12250 published on 11th November 2024 at: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-11-01/12250. The Chancellor also recently wrote to the Chair of the Treasury Select Commi...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17851More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to help ensure the generational continuity of agricultural businesses.
Answer: The Government is committing the largest ever proportion of the £5 billion farming budget across this year and next to sustainable food production in our history. It is expected that up to 520 estates claiming agricultural property relief (APR), or APR an...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17850More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance she plans to issue to small business farmers who wish to keep an inherited family farm.
Answer: The Government published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief at www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms. It is expected that up to around 2...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17849More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to agricultural property relief in the Autumn Budget 2024 on the sustainability of domestic food production.
Answer: The Government published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief at www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms. It is expected that up to around 2...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16740More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in employers’ National Insurance contributions announced the Autumn Budget 2024 on jobs.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility’s October 2024 Economic and Fiscal Outlook expects that the Employer National Insurance Contributions package will lead to a reduction in the participation rate by 0.1 per cent from 2025-26 onwards. Overall, once the i...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEmploymentTreasuryTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16739More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on jobs.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility’s October 2024 forecast, which takes into account impacts from policy measures announced in the Budget, expects the employment level to increase from 33.1 million in 2024 to 34.3 million in 2029.
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFuels: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6363More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has received recent representations on the potential merits of increasing fuel duty.
Answer: Revenue from motoring taxes and associated VAT ensures that the Government can continue to fund the vital public services and infrastructure that people and families across the UK expect. Following the spending audit, the Chancellor has been clear that di...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6362More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has received recent representations on the potential merits of introducing a national pay-per-mile road tax.
Answer: Revenue from motoring taxes and associated VAT ensures that the Government can continue to fund the vital public services and infrastructure that people and families across the UK expect. Following the spending audit, the Chancellor has been clear that di...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6361More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will increase any of the banded rates of vehicle excise duty.
Answer: Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is a tax on car ownership. The tax system encourages the uptake of cars with low carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to help meet the UK’s legally binding climate change targets. Cars first registered between 1 March 2001 and 31 March...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFuels: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6360More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will increase the standard rate of vehicle excise duty.
Answer: Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is a tax on car ownership. The tax system encourages the uptake of cars with low carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to help meet the UK’s legally binding climate change targets. Cars first registered between 1 March 2001 and 31 March...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFuels: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6359More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will increase fuel duty rates.
Answer: Revenue from motoring taxes and associated VAT ensures that the Government can continue to fund the vital public services and infrastructure that people and families across the UK expect. Following the spending audit, the Chancellor has been clear that di...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6358More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will introduce a national pay-per-mile road tax.
Answer: Revenue from motoring taxes and associated VAT ensures that the Government can continue to fund the vital public services and infrastructure that people and families across the UK expect. Following the spending audit, the Chancellor has been clear that di...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAir Passenger DutyTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6356More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of adjustments to domestic aviation duty.
Answer: Air Passenger Duty (APD) exists to ensure that aviation makes a fair contribution to the public finances and applies to UK-departing flights. Reforms to APD took effect in April 2023. These included the introduction of the new domestic band for domestic f...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6354More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has undertaken literature reviews on the subject of vehicle excise duty.
Answer: Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) is a tax on car ownership. The tax system encourages the uptake of cars with low carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to help meet the UK’s legally binding climate change targets. Cars first registered between 1 March 2001 and 31 March...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTransport: FinanceTreasuryTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2441More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 11 of her Department's document entitled Fixing the Foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, CP 1133, how her Department evaluated which transport commitments were considered low value.
Answer: This government wants to ensure that public spending on transport infrastructure drives economic growth and delivers value for money for taxpayers.Transport schemes are assessed in accordance with the principles set out in the Green Book. The Green Book i...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: Repairs and MaintenanceTreasuryTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2440More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Table 1 of her Department's document entitled Fixing the Foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, CP 1133, what the evidential basis is for saying there was an additional £1.3 billion cost for r
Answer: Rail infrastructure is managed by Network Rail (NR). The Department for Transport (DfT) provides grant funding to NR for operations, maintenance, and renewals via five-year regulated ‘Control Periods’. Funding for each Control Period is established throug...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2439More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 25 of her Department's document entitled Fixing the Foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, CP 1133, what the evidential basis is for saying there was an additional £1.6 billion cost
Answer: The £1.6 billion cost referenced is an HMT assessment of the additional cost to run rail services in 2024/25 compared to SR21 plans. This assessment was made at the point at which this government entered office. The additional cost is primarily driven by ...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
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