Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Bank Cards: Fees and ChargesTreasuryTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61780More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with (a) the Payment Systems Regulator and (b) representatives of the payments industry on merchant interchange fees.
Answer: The government is committed to ensuring a world-leading payments ecosystem that meets the needs of all businesses and consumers, as reflected in the National Payments Vision. This includes support for regulation of interchange fees. Government ministers a...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBank Cards: Fees and ChargesTreasuryTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60915More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with (a) the payment systems regulator and (b) representatives of the payments industry on the adequacy of interchange fee caps.
Answer: Government ministers have meetings with a wide variety of organisations. Details of ministerial meetings are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-giftsand-oversea...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Funds Transfer: FraudTreasuryTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60905More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the maximum reimbursement limit for victims of authorised push payment fraud.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling fraud and protecting victims from this appalling crime. The Government has committed to introduce a new and expanded fraud strategy to create a unified and co-ordinated response from government, law enforcement and ...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Funds Transfer: FraudTreasuryTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60903More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps she has taken to help protect consumers from authorised push payment fraud.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling fraud and protecting victims from this appalling crime. The Government has committed to introduce a new and expanded fraud strategy to create a unified and co-ordinated response from government, law enforcement and ...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHelp to Buy Scheme: Individual Savings AccountsTreasuryTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60654More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to increase the purchase limit for properties outside of London when using a Help to Buy ISA.
Answer: This Government is committed to helping first time buyers own their own home, and will do this by building 1.5 million more homes.The Government keeps savings policy under review, any changes to savings policy would be made at a relevant fiscal event.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates and Corporation Tax: SloughTreasuryTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57320More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total tax revenue collected from (a) business rates and (b) corporation tax was in the Slough constituency in the most recent period for which data is available.
Answer: Data on the amount of business rates collected for 2023-24, which is the more recent publicly available data, is published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) online here. Table 9 contains data at the local authority level...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTax AvoidanceTreasuryTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52646More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle offshore tax non-compliance.
Answer: The government has announced significant additional resource for HMRC. This includes an increase of around 400 people over the next five years to tackle offshore non-compliance by wealthy people, estimated to bring in £500 million in additional compliance...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: AccessTreasuryTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49420More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of financial services.
Answer: The Government seeks to ensure that individuals have access to the appropriate financial products and services they need. This is why I am working with a committee of consumer and industry representatives to develop a Financial Inclusion Strategy which wi...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: DisadvantagedTreasuryTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49419More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to tackle financial exclusion.
Answer: The Government seeks to ensure that individuals have access to the appropriate financial products and services they need. This is why I am working with a committee of consumer and industry representatives to develop a Financial Inclusion Strategy which wi...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordManaged Service CompaniesTreasuryTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43221More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the enforcement of legislation relating to managed service companies on chartered providers of accountancy services.
Answer: The managed service companies legislation tackles specific tax avoidance arrangements that disguise employment in order to not pay the right tax. Ordinary tax advisory and accountancy services do not come within scope of these rules. In November 2024, HMR...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: ComputersTreasuryTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40650More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the median age is of computers issued to officials in their Department.
Answer: HM Treasury does not record the age of computers.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIncome Tax: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40569More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the impact of changing the tax free personal allowance to £20,000 on tax receipts.
Answer: The Government is committed to keeping taxes for working people as low as possible while ensuring fiscal responsibility and so, at our first Budget, we decided not to extend the freeze on personal tax thresholds.The Government has no plans to increase the...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIndividual Savings AccountsTreasuryTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40302More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to alter her policies on the (a) eligibility (b) use (c) thresholds for London house prices and (d) withdrawal penalties criteria for the Lifetime ISA.
Answer: The Lifetime ISA remains narrowly focused on supporting people to achieve the aspiration of home ownership, or to build up savings for later life. The property price cap supports most first-time buyers across the UK while targeting households that may fin...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMarginal Tax RatesTreasuryTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40273More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2024 to Question 19379 on Marginal Tax Rates, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of people earning just under £100,000 (a) working additional hours and (
Answer: As set out previously, within the personal tax system, withdrawal of the Personal Allowance affects those with income over £100,000 a year. It was introduced in 2010-11 and occurs gradually, with £1 of allowance lost for every £2 of income above the incom...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNatwest: SloughTreasuryTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38117More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with NatWest on the adequacy of the provision of its banking facilities in Slough.
Answer: Banking has changed significantly in recent years with many customers benefiting from the ease and convenience of remote banking. While branch closures are commercial decisions for banks, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) guidance expects firms to car...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: MoneyTreasuryTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38115More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take to help support small businesses with cash banking, in the context of trends in the number of closures of physical banks.
Answer: Banking has changed significantly in recent years with many customers benefiting from the ease and convenience of remote banking. While branch closures are commercial decisions for banks, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) guidance expects firms to car...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCash DispensingTreasuryTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38114More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to help ensure public access to cash.
Answer: Banking has changed significantly in recent years with many customers benefiting from the ease and convenience of remote banking. While branch closures are commercial decisions for banks, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) guidance expects firms to car...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCash DispensingTreasuryTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38111More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of access to cash.
Answer: Banking has changed significantly in recent years with many customers benefiting from the ease and convenience of remote banking. While branch closures are commercial decisions for banks, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) guidance expects firms to car...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBank Services: SloughTreasuryTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38109More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of bank closures on people requiring in person banking services in Slough.
Answer: Banking has changed significantly in recent years with many customers benefiting from the ease and convenience of remote banking. While branch closures are commercial decisions for banks, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) guidance expects firms to car...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBank Services: BerkshireTreasuryTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38108More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of banking facilities in (a) Slough and (b) Berkshire.
Answer: Banking has changed significantly in recent years with many customers benefiting from the ease and convenience of remote banking. While branch closures are commercial decisions for banks, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) guidance expects firms to car...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLow IncomesTreasuryTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26060More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to provide financial support to the lowest earners.
Answer: The Government has set out a Plan for Change, outlining our ambitious yet achievable milestones, including raising living standards in every part of the United Kingdom to ensure working people have more money in their pockets and delivering the highest su...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMarginal Tax Rates: Economic GrowthTreasuryTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26059More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2024 to Question 19379 on Marginal Tax Rates, for what reason there are lower marginal rates of taxation for higher earners than in some lower earning brackets; and what assessm
Answer: The Government is committed to a fair tax system in which those who have more contribute more. The income tax system is highly progressive, with different rates of tax sitting above an internationally high Personal Allowance. Within the personal tax syste...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: ImportsTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23421More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of imported disposable vapes manufactured in China in (a) 2024 and (b) 2023.
Answer: HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as a National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics (OT...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWorking HoursTreasuryTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22058More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of working age people who have reduced their working hours as a result of marginal state income deductions.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility's October 2024 Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO) contains forecasts and assessments of government policy. Once the impact of all the Budget measures are taken into consideration, the OBR expect the employment level to ...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMarginal Tax RatesTreasuryTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19380More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were subject to a marginal tax rate (a) at and (b) above 100% in the last financial year.
Answer: For individuals with income between £100,000-£125,140, the income tax Personal Allowance is tapered by £1 for every £2 earned above this limit, until it has been completely withdrawn at £125,140. Taxpayers with incomes within the taper band face a higher ...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
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