Asked by: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many full-time equivalent employees work in the Propriety and Ethics department in the Cabinet Office.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Shadow Minister (Treasury)
There are 19.3 FTE working in the P&E team broken down as follows:
Director P&E: 1 FTE
P&E Core: 6 FTE
Integrity Systems Team: 9.4 FTE
Secretariat to the Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests: 2.9 FTE
Asked by: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they remain committed to the extension of the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trusts Scheme beyond 2025 as announced on 23 September.
Answered by Baroness Penn
The Government remains supportive of the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trusts. The Government will engage with businesses, investors, and others on any decisions made regarding the schemes.
Asked by: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the amount of national insurance contributions which would be raised if all partners of Limited Liability Partnerships were subject to employers' National Insurance contributions.
Answered by Viscount Younger of Leckie - Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
No such assessment has been carried out as the Government has no current plans to subject members of a Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) to employer National Insurance contributions (NICs).
Individual members of LLPs are taxed in the same way as partners in a general partnership, paying Class 4 and Class 2 NICs like other partners and self-employed individuals. If members fall within the salaried member rules introduced by the Finance Act 2014, they are taxed as employees, paying Class 1 NICs.
Asked by: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their Growth Plan 2022 (CP 743), published on 23 September, whether the extensions to the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trusts will make those schemes permanent.
Answered by Viscount Younger of Leckie - Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
In the Growth Plan 2022 published on 23 September, the Government made clear its support for the Enterprise Investment/Venture Capital Trust schemes. The Government remains supportive of extending them in the future and will engage with stakeholders on the process of implementing this extension.
Asked by: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps the Insolvency Service takes to promote the existence of its official receiver compensation scheme to creditors in insolvency procedures, where the official receiver has been appointed as the office holder.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
There is no formal Official Receiver compensation scheme. If an Official Receiver believes that their actions have caused a loss to an insolvency estate, they will seek a payment from the Insolvency Service to compensate that estate.
Asked by: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that those citizens who offer to share their homes with Ukrainian refugees as guests will continue to receive full cover from their home insurance policies, including any public liability claims which may arise; and what discussions they have held with insurance companies to implement any such plans.
Answered by Lord Greenhalgh
Further to the answer given by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, details of the sponsorship scheme for Ukraine will be set out in due course.
Asked by: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many payments the Insolvency Service has made under its official receiver compensation scheme in each year for which this information is available; and what is the total value of these payments in each year.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Payments made to estates for losses caused by an Official Receiver since 2018 are as follows:
Year | Total number of payments | Total amount paid out (£) |
2021-22 (to end Feb) | 14 | 12,738 |
2020-21 | 6 | 13,127 |
2019-20 | 5 | 2,376 |
2018-19 | 5 | 2,856 |
Asked by: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential increase in revenue should members of limited liability partnerships become subject to an increase in national insurance contributions from April 2022 at the same rate of increase as employees.
Answered by Baroness Penn
No such assessment has been carried out. Employees, the self-employed and members of a Limited Liability Partnership who are subject to National Insurance contributions (NICs) will also be subject to the 1.25% NICs increase for the tax year 2022/23 and the Health and Social Care Levy from April 2023.
Asked by: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take in situations where a building owner refuses to apply for government remediation for building safety issues for a qualifying high-rise building.
Answered by Lord Greenhalgh
The Government has been clear that leaseholders should not bear the costs for the remediation of unsafe cladding. We are aware of one unacceptable case where the building owner is refusing to accept government funding and reimburse their leaseholders. The Department is urgently working to resolve this to make sure that the building owner does right by their leaseholders and reimburses them.
Where a building owner does not wish to apply for government funding, they should fund remediation themselves or through warranty claims and litigation against those responsible for the installation of unsafe cladding.
Asked by: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are aware of any instances where leaseholders are being denied reimbursement of completed cladding works due to the failure of the freeholder to apply for remediation; and if so, how many such situations are believed to exist.
Answered by Lord Greenhalgh
The Government has been clear that leaseholders should not bear the costs for the remediation of unsafe cladding. We are aware of one unacceptable case where the building owner is refusing to accept government funding and reimburse their leaseholders. The Department is urgently working to resolve this to make sure that the building owner does right by their leaseholders and reimburses them.
Where a building owner does not wish to apply for government funding, they should fund remediation themselves or through warranty claims and litigation against those responsible for the installation of unsafe cladding.