Manuela Perteghella MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Adult Education: FinanceTreasuryTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45239More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on budgets for the devolved adult skills fund.
Answer: The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chief Secretary of the Treasury meet regularly with the Secretary of State for Education.At the Spending Review on 30 October, the Department for Education received a settlement providing total DEL funding of £99.7 bill...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMortgagesTreasuryTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36897More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of interest only mortgages on financial planning for borrowers.
Answer: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the residential mortgage market, including the regulation of interest only mortgages. Following research and analysis published in August 2023, the FCA is reviewing i...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32536More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to issue guidance on the tax treatment of payments received under the Biodiversity Net Gain scheme; and what progress the joint working group has made on that issue.
Answer: The Government has established the joint HMT/HMRC working group with industry representatives to identify solutions that provide clarity on the tax treatment of ecosystem service markets, including the Biodiversity Net Gain scheme. The work of the group i...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32456More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to provide interim guidance on the tax treatment of payments received under the Biodiversity Net Gain scheme.
Answer: The Government has established the joint HMT/HMRC working group with industry representatives to identify solutions that provide clarity on the tax treatment of ecosystem service markets, including the Biodiversity Net Gain scheme. The work of the group i...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32454More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has plans to issue guidance on the tax treatment of payments received under the Biodiversity Net Gain scheme.
Answer: The Government has established the joint HMT/HMRC working group with industry representatives to identify solutions that provide clarity on the tax treatment of ecosystem service markets, including the Biodiversity Net Gain scheme. The work of the group i...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32453More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress her Department's joint working group with HMRC has made on clarifying the tax treatment of payments received under the Biodiversity Net Gain scheme.
Answer: The Government has established the joint HMT/HMRC working group with industry representatives to identify solutions that provide clarity on the tax treatment of ecosystem service markets, including the Biodiversity Net Gain scheme. The work of the group i...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Care Services: VATTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17940More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to reduce the VAT (a) rate and (b) threshold for businesses that provide personal care services.
Answer: VAT is the UK’s second largest tax, forecast to raise £171 billion in 2024/25. At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government took a number of difficult but necessary decisions on tax, welfare, and spending to fix the public finances, fund public services, and res...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFarmers: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16609More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has conducted an impact assessment on the potential impact of changes to agricultural property relief on tenant farmers.
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 5...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDebt CollectionTreasuryTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16607More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to (a) debt collecting companies to wait for decisions of appeal courts before taking action and (b) otherwise require improve the regulation of debt collection practi
Answer: The Government expects fair treatment of individuals in debt and recognises the important role of responsible practices for debt recovery. We likewise recognise the negative impact that aggressive pursuit of debt can have on individuals, particularly wher...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordReligious Buildings: VATTreasuryTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12865More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to allow (a) churches and (b) other religious buildings to continue to recover VAT.
Answer: The Chancellor has now set out departmental budgets and the spending priorities for Phase 1 of the Spending Review. The outcome of individual programmes, such as the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, will now be assessed during the departmental Busin...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEconomic Situation: CoronavirusTreasuryTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11347More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to help mitigate the ongoing financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on (a) individuals and (b) small businesses.
Answer: The Government is working to improve living standards for everyone across the country. A new Ministerial Taskforce has been established to develop a comprehensive strategy to reduce child poverty. In addition, the government is introducing a Fair Repaymen...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDigital Services TaxTreasuryTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10901More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing the Digital Services Tax.
Answer: The Chancellor set out her plans on tax at the Budget. The Digital Services Tax (DST) is a 2% tax on digital services providers, and it was implemented in April 2020 as a temporary solution to widely held concerns with international corporate tax. The UK ...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMileage AllowancesTreasuryTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4483More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the impact of the HMRC mileage rate for reimbursing the use of private cars on (a) volunteer drivers and (b) organisations in the volunteer sector; and if she will take steps to rev
Answer: Approved Mileage Allowance Payments (AMAPs) are used by employers to reimburse an employee's expenses for business mileage in their private vehicle. Voluntary organisations reimbursing volunteers can either use the AMAP rates or reimburse the actual cost ...
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordIndividual Savings AccountsTreasuryTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3876More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make her policy to raise the cap for Lifetime ISAs in line with house price inflation.
Answer: The Government remains of the view that the Lifetime ISA property price cap is set at an appropriate level to support most first-time buyers across the UK while targeting households that may find it most difficult to get onto the property ladder.Data from...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHoliday Accommodation: Rural AreasTreasuryTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3404More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of abolishing the Furnished Holiday Lettings regime on rural areas depending on tourism; and what steps she is taking to support people who let short-term furnis
Answer: The Government will abolish the Furnished Holiday Lets tax regime from April 2025. Short-term lets will continue to play an important role in the UK’s tourism economy, including in rural communities, without the FHL tax regime. The changes the Government ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordShares: TaxationTreasuryTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3397More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a share buyback tax.
Answer: Share buybacks are already subject to taxation in the form of Stamp Taxes on Shares (STS), which raise important revenue – up to £4.4bn per year – that helps to fund our public services. There are also rules in place to ensure that any returns that arise ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordShares: TaxationTreasuryTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3396More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of (a) the impact of share buybacks on economic inequality and (b) the potential impact of a targeted tax on this issue.
Answer: Share buybacks are already subject to taxation in the form of Stamp Taxes on Shares (STS), which raise important revenue – up to £4.4bn per year – that helps to fund our public services. There are also rules in place to ensure that any returns that arise ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
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