MP Financial Interest
Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
1. Employment and earnings
Remuneration: £750 a month for providing lay advice to the Chairman and the Board of Directors
From: 1 December 2020.
Hours: 1.5 hrs a month
(Registered 16 December 2020)
MP Financial Interest
Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
8. Miscellaneous
College Ambassador for the College of General Dentistry. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 1 August 2020
(Registered 3 July 2020; updated 13 August 2020)
MP Financial Interest
Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
1. Employment and earnings
Role, work or services: Non-Executive Director
From: 1 October 2022.
Payer: Tenacious Holdings Limited, 47 Charles Street, London W1J 5EL
MP Financial Interest
Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses
Name: Angela C Penning
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Office Manager
Working pattern: Full time
MP Financial Interest
Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
1. Employment and earnings
Remuneration: £5,000 a month
From: 1 October 2022.
Hours: 18 hrs a month maximum
(Registered 20 October 2022)
MP Financial Interest
Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
1. Employment and earnings
Role, work or services: Non-Executive Director
From: 1 December 2020.
Payer: Law Abroad Ltd (a legal company operating in the UK and abroad), 79 Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead HP1 1LF.
MP Financial Interest
Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
1. Employment and earnings
Role, work or services: Non-Executive Director
Payer: JT Consultancy Ltd, Collingdon Street. Luton LU1 1RX.
MP Financial Interest
Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Original Source (15th April 2024)
1. Employment and earnings
Remuneration: £2,916 a month
From: 1 September 2019.
Hours: 10 hrs a month
(Registered 2 September 2019)
Written Question
Thursday 28th March 2024
Asked by:
Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made representations to the Minister for Women and Equalities in support of a 0% VAT rate on audiobooks to prevent discrimination against people with (a) dyslexia, (b) sight (i) loss and (ii) impairment and (c) disabilities preventing them from holding a physical book.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston
- Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Government is committed to supporting those with disabilities who may struggle to access physical books and therefore rely more heavily on audiobooks. In line with its statutory obligations under the Equality Act, the Government carefully considers the impact of VAT policy on those with disabilities.
However, there is never any guarantee that any VAT cut is passed onto consumers. It is therefore not clear that cutting the VAT on audiobooks would actually benefit consumers, including those with disabilities.
Given this, the government does not currently have any plans to change the VAT treatment of audiobooks.
Written Question
Thursday 28th March 2024
Asked by:
Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of charging VAT on (a) academic and (b) other educational audiobooks on access to education for people with (i) dyslexia, (ii) sight loss and (iii) impairment who cannot hold books.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston
- Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Government is committed to supporting those with disabilities who may struggle to access physical books and therefore rely more heavily on audiobooks. In line with its statutory obligations under the Equality Act, the Government carefully considers the impact of VAT policy on those with disabilities.
However, there is never any guarantee that any VAT cut is passed onto consumers. It is therefore not clear that cutting the VAT on audiobooks would actually benefit consumers, including those with disabilities.
Given this, the government does not currently have any plans to change the VAT treatment of audiobooks.