Asked by: Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent Central)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) policies and (b) other work started by the previous Administration between 2016 and 2019 which were cancelled by the Government when it was formed in December 2019.
Answered by Steve Barclay - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Government is delivering the Manifesto on which it was elected in December 2019.
This set out the costs of the government’s policy agenda, including the implementation of the 2019 Spending Round.
Subsequently, the government published Spring Budget 2020 and its Plan For Jobs which set out the costs of subsequent policy announcements.
We will set out plans for future years at a Budget and Spending Review in the Autumn.
Asked by: Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent Central)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he make an assessment of the potential merits of extending business rate relief to (a) estate and (b) letting agencies during the covid-19 outbreak.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The Government has set out a package of measures to support businesses through this period of disruption caused by COVID-19.
The Chancellor previously announced a 100% rates holiday for eligible retail, hospitality and leisure properties in 2020-21. On 25 March the Government went further and removed some of the exclusions for this relief, so that eligible retail, leisure, and hospitality properties that will have to close as a result of the measures announced by the Prime Minister in his statement of 23 March, will now be eligible for the relief. This change will ensure that estate and lettings agents will now pay no business rates in 2020-21.
Support is also available to those not eligible for business rates relief; this includes the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan scheme for small and medium-sized businesses, a statutory sick pay relief package, the HMRC Time To Pay Scheme, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help firms continue to keep people in employment, and a new lending facility from the Bank of England for larger firms.
Asked by: Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent Central)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend business rate relief to include estate and letting agency offices during the covid-19 outbreak.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The Government has set out a package of measures to support businesses through this period of disruption caused by COVID-19.
The Chancellor previously announced a 100% rates holiday for eligible retail, hospitality and leisure properties in 2020-21. On 25 March the Government went further and removed some of the exclusions for this relief, so that eligible retail, leisure, and hospitality properties that will have to close as a result of the measures announced by the Prime Minister in his statement of 23 March, will now be eligible for the relief. This change will ensure that estate and lettings agents will now pay no business rates in 2020-21.
Support is also available to those not eligible for business rates relief; this includes the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan scheme for small and medium-sized businesses, a statutory sick pay relief package, the HMRC Time To Pay Scheme, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help firms continue to keep people in employment, and a new lending facility from the Bank of England for larger firms.