Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Individual Savings Accounts: Widowed PeopleTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46333More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of legislation on the inheritance of Individual Savings Account allowances from a deceased (a) spouse and (b) civil partner.
Answer: The Individual Savings Account (ISA) regulations allow the surviving spouse or civil partner of a deceased ISA saver an additional ISA allowance, equal to the value of the deceased saver’s ISA holdings on their date of death, subject to certain conditions...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35897More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered amending the eligibility criteria for the Employment Allowance to include pre-schools.
Answer: As set out in the response to your written question on 26 February 2025, eligibility for the Employment Allowance (EA) is dependent on individual circumstances, in line with HMRC guidance. However, most private childcare providers, including pre-schools, ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: Public BodiesTreasuryTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34101More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support public bodies that are ineligible for the Employment Allowance.
Answer: The Government will provide support for departments and other public sector employers for additional Employer NICs costs, i.e., central government, public corporations and local government, not including self-financed organisations. This is the usual appr...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: Nurseries and Pre-school EducationTreasuryTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34100More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether pre-schools can receive the same (a) National Insurance and (b) Employment Allowance benefits as nurseries.
Answer: Most businesses and all charities can claim the EA (subject to the connected persons rules); where an organisation is conducting work of a public nature, they need to consider HMRC’s guidance in more detail. This is dependent on individual circumstances i...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31251More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether business rates apply to onshore converter stations that connect offshore energy to the National Grid.
Answer: The Valuation Office Agency assesses onshore converter stations and the cables which transmit the power for non-domestic rating purposes. The cables are rateable between low water mark and the point the cable connects with the National Grid transmission s...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
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