John Glen MP: written questions
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Pensions: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14299More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.52 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, whether the application of inheritance tax to unused pension funds and death benefits will apply to the (a) BBC and (b) Channel 4 defined benefit p
Answer: As announced at Autumn Budget 2024, from 6 April 2027 most unused pension funds and death benefits will be included within the value of a person’s estate for Inheritance Tax purposesThis change will apply to all UK registered pension schemesThe impact thi...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordWorkplace Pensions: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14298More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.52 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, whether the application of inheritance tax to unused pension funds and death benefits will apply to the pension scheme established under The Pensio
Answer: As announced at Autumn Budget 2024, from 6 April 2027 most unused pension funds and death benefits will be included within the value of a person’s estate for Inheritance Tax purposesThis change will apply to all UK registered pension schemesThe impact thi...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Tax YieldsTreasuryTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14297More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the latest estimate by HM Treasury of the total revenue from business rates in England in each year from 2023-24 for which projections are available.
Answer: The Office for Budget’s Responsibility’s (OBR) October 2024 Economic and Fiscal Outlook includes forecasts for UK business rates receipts. This is available online: https://obr.uk/docs/dlm_uploads/OBR_Economic_and_fiscal_outlook_Oct_2024.pdf.Additionally,...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTax YieldsTreasuryTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14296More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate she has made of the total revenue from (a) central government and (b) local government taxation in each year from 2023-24 for which projections are available.
Answer: The Treasury does not publish forecasts of the economy or public finances; the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is the UK’s official forecaster and provides independent analysis of the UK’s public finances.The forecast breakdown of current receipts ...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil ServantsTreasuryTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14295More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2024 to Question 10443 on Civil Servants, what data her Department holds on the estimated financial impact of previously planned reductions in the size of the civil service in (a
Answer: In a public statement on 2 October 2023, the previous Chancellor announced a cap on civil service numbers. This statement includes data on the estimated financial impacts of this policy for the remainder of the SR21 Spending Review period, ending in March...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBudget October 2024TreasuryTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14294More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her planned timetable is for publishing tax information and impact notes for tax measures announced in the Autumn Budget 2024.
Answer: The government publishes tax information and impact notes (TIINs) for tax policy changes when the policy design is final or near final.TIINS for tax measures with legislation published at Autumn Budget 2024 have been published and can be found here: Tax i...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPensions: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14293More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her policy is on (a) the level of the pension annual allowance and (b) the application of a lifetime allowance to pensions.
Answer: The Government wishes to encourage pension saving, to help ensure that people have an income, or funds on which they can draw, throughout retirement. There is no limit to the total amount you can build up in your lifetime pension savings without incurring...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBudget October 2024TreasuryTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14126More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will place in the House of Commons Library a copy of the equality impact assessments for each of the tax measures in the Autumn Budget 2024.
Answer: The Treasury carefully considers the impact of its decisions on those sharing protected characteristics in line with both legal obligations and with our strong commitment to promoting fairness.In the interests of transparency HM Treasury and HMRC already ...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: AnactaTreasuryTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14089More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether special advisers in her Department have met representatives of Anacta since the general election.
Answer: All relevant meetings attended by special advisers are declared in the normal way in the department’s quarterly transparency releases.
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: RecruitmentTreasuryTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14088More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of 1 November 2024 to Question 10988 on Treasury: recruitment, of 14 October 2024 to Question 6117 on Department for Transport: Civil Servants and of 4 October 2024 to Question 2937 on Depart
Answer: As is the case here, where the number of individuals is fewer than 5, we consider that to provide an exact figure would constitute the disclosure of personal data.
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14087More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Item 26 of Table 5.1 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, whether the funding includes monies to devolved administrations under the Barnett formula.
Answer: The allowance for the impact on public sector organisations in item 26 of Table 5.1 of the Autumn Budget 2024 does include funding for the devolved governments, which will be provided via the Barnett formula.The UK Government will provide support for depa...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: FinanceTreasuryTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14055More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to allocate additional funding to social care organisations outside the NHS to cover proposed increases in employers national insurance contributions.
Answer: The Budget will provide support for government departments and other public sector employers for additional Employer NICs costs. Private sector firms or charities, including social care providers, that are contracted by central or local Government will no...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHigh Income Child Benefit Tax ChargeTreasuryTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14054More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.146 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, what estimate her Department has made of the potential savings to the public purse for changes to the High Income Child Benefit Charge in each of
Answer: It is estimated that reforming the High Income Child Benefit Charge to be charged on a household income basis, with thresholds set to £120,000-£160,000 so that no families lose out, would cost £1.4 billion in 2029-30. This is an internal HM Treasury estim...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14053More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to publish an impact assessment which has been assessed by the Regulatory Policy Committee on the potential impact of the changes to National Insurance contributions announced in the A
Answer: A Tax Information and Impact Note that covers the employer NICs changes was published by HMRC on 13 November.It has not been successive Government’s policy since 2010 for tax policy changes to be assessed by the Regulatory Policy Committee.
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14052More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to publish an impact assessment which has been assessed by the Regulatory Policy Committee on the potential impact of the changes to agricultural and business property relief announced
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, and further explanatory informatio...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Cost EffectivenessTreasuryTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14051More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will list each (a) saving and (b) efficiency planned by her Department for the 2024-25 financial year to help meet the Government's overall savings target.
Answer: Through Spending Review 2025 Phase 1 HM Treasury received funding in 2024-25 for discrete, new pressures that have arisen since the previous Spending Review, such as the Post Office Enquiry and Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration funding for Ukraine. No ad...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness: MeetingsCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13759More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department issues on the conduct of meetings between Ministers and business representatives where such business representatives have paid money to the governing party to facilitate the meeting.
Answer: There is longstanding guidance on meetings between ministers and external organisations which is set out in the Ministerial Code.
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Chief of Staff AssociationCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13441More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Cabinet Office: Government Procurement Card spend over £500, August 2024, (a) who and (b) what the payment to the Chief of Staff Association was for.
Answer: The payment made on 29 August 2024 to the Chief of Staff Association was for membership of the association, for a permanent civil servant below senior civil servant (SCS) level. It is standard practice to not publicly reference civil servants by name belo...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13438More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether diversity content has been standardised in civil service job adverts.
Answer: The text on diversity in Civil Service Job adverts has not changed since it was standardised under the previous administration, of which the Rt Hon Gentleman was a member.
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament record10 Downing Street: Official HospitalityCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13437More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many receptions have taken place in Downing Street since the general election which were (a) funded by the taxpayer and (b) funded through political donations.
Answer: As under previous Governments, party political receptions are not a matter for the Government. Details of official receptions are published in quarterly transparency returns on gov.uk.
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCommittee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and MedalsCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13436More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the (a) terms of reference and (b) rules of procedure for the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations, and Medals.
Answer: I refer the Right Hon. Member to the answer of 10 October 2024, Official Report, PQ 7430.
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: HelicoptersMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13435More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 1248 on Military Aircraft: Helicopters, whether the Prime Minister’s Office plans to use insourced armed forces’ helicopters for official travel after Decemb
Answer: No. Routine helicopter transport will be sourced through the Ministerial Transport Office, not from Military helicopters.
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil ServiceCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13434More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of processes for providing access to the civil service prior to the 2024 general election; if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of those proces
Answer: Pre-election contacts are an established part of the pre-election process. They are designed to allow the Opposition Parties to ask questions about departmental organisation and to inform civil servants of any organisational changes likely to take place. ...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Artificial IntelligenceCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13433More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether machinery of Government changes have been made to the AI and data science capability functions in the Prime Minister's Office since 4 July 2024.
Answer: As my Right Hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced in a Written Statement, HCWS19, the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI) will move from the Cabinet Office to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. The data science capabilities...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordInjunctionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to reform the law on super-injunctions; and whether she has had discussions with the Law Officers on super-injunctions.
Answer: There are no plans to reform the law. The courts determine individual applications for interim injunctions to restrain publication of confidential information (and the existence of the injunction) on the merits of each case, and in accordance with the law...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
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