Asked by: Paul Maynard (Conservative - Blackpool North and Cleveleys)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the exemption provisions of Section 317 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 to cover local restaurants and businesses in close proximity to company premises.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Information on the number of eligible individuals or businesses who use the exemption provisions under Section 317 is not collected as the provision of these benefits are not subject to income tax and National Insurance contributions.
However, the Government is committed to supporting the hospitality sector through other means, including business rates support worth £13.6 billion over the next five years.
Asked by: Paul Maynard (Conservative - Blackpool North and Cleveleys)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of home or remote working employees that are eligible for the subsidised meal schemes outlined in Section 317 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Information on the number of eligible individuals or businesses who use the exemption provisions under Section 317 is not collected as the provision of these benefits are not subject to income tax and National Insurance contributions.
However, the Government is committed to supporting the hospitality sector through other means, including business rates support worth £13.6 billion over the next five years.
Asked by: Paul Maynard (Conservative - Blackpool North and Cleveleys)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses utilised the exemption provisions in Section 317 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 in the latest period for which information is available.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Information on the number of eligible individuals or businesses who use the exemption provisions under Section 317 is not collected as the provision of these benefits are not subject to income tax and National Insurance contributions.
However, the Government is committed to supporting the hospitality sector through other means, including business rates support worth £13.6 billion over the next five years.
Asked by: Paul Maynard (Conservative - Blackpool North and Cleveleys)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2023 to Question 183685 on Disability and Special Educational Needs: Young People and the Answer of 15 May 2023 to Question 183686 on Education: Finance, how many (a) programmes and (b) activities were funded by local partnerships boards for young people with special educational needs in the last three years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Local Partnership Boards were established in autumn 2022 to support the prioritisation of new Local Needs Funding.
Activities and programmes to be funded by the Local Needs Funding are currently being commissioned for delivery through to March 2025.
Asked by: Paul Maynard (Conservative - Blackpool North and Cleveleys)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether local delivery plans for priority education investment areas are required to include projects specifically to help deliver services for young people with special educational needs and disability.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department has established 24 Priority Education Investment Areas (PEIA) with funding for improvements to attainment at Key Stages 2 and 4.
Departmental Regional Directors have led the creation of delivery plans, following a detailed diagnosis of need for each PEIA. These plans are informed by Local Partnership Boards to ensure effective identification and prioritisation of areas for improvement.
To ensure value for money and delivery of improvement aims, funding will be provided for evidence based programmes and activities, and approaches approved by the Department.
The SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan sets out the Department’s next steps to deliver an improved experience for all children and young people with SEND and their families. The plan is available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1139561/SEND_and_alternative_provision_improvement_plan.pdf.
Asked by: Paul Maynard (Conservative - Blackpool North and Cleveleys)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure value for money from the funding provided to priority education investment areas for local delivery plans.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department has established 24 Priority Education Investment Areas (PEIA) with funding for improvements to attainment at Key Stages 2 and 4.
Departmental Regional Directors have led the creation of delivery plans, following a detailed diagnosis of need for each PEIA. These plans are informed by Local Partnership Boards to ensure effective identification and prioritisation of areas for improvement.
To ensure value for money and delivery of improvement aims, funding will be provided for evidence based programmes and activities, and approaches approved by the Department.
The SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan sets out the Department’s next steps to deliver an improved experience for all children and young people with SEND and their families. The plan is available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1139561/SEND_and_alternative_provision_improvement_plan.pdf.
Asked by: Paul Maynard (Conservative - Blackpool North and Cleveleys)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department assesses the adequacy of local delivery plans for priority education investment areas as part of the allocation process for local needs funding.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department has established 24 Priority Education Investment Areas (PEIA) with funding for improvements to attainment at Key Stages 2 and 4.
Departmental Regional Directors have led the creation of delivery plans, following a detailed diagnosis of need for each PEIA. These plans are informed by Local Partnership Boards to ensure effective identification and prioritisation of areas for improvement.
To ensure value for money and delivery of improvement aims, funding will be provided for evidence based programmes and activities, and approaches approved by the Department.
The SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan sets out the Department’s next steps to deliver an improved experience for all children and young people with SEND and their families. The plan is available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1139561/SEND_and_alternative_provision_improvement_plan.pdf.
Asked by: Paul Maynard (Conservative - Blackpool North and Cleveleys)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) minimum, (b) 25th percentile figure of the, (c) median, (d) 75th percentile figure of the and (e) maximum bonus for a Help to Save account was at the end of the second year of the scheme, as of the end of December 2022.
Answered by Andrew Griffith - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The number of Help to Save accounts opened each month up to the end of March 2022 is published in the Annual Savings Statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2022. The relevant information can be found in tab 2 of the document “Help to Save tables: June 2022”. This information will be updated in the next edition of the Annual Savings Statistics, due to be published on 22 June 2023. HMRC only has data on eligibility on a tax year basis.
The information on the number of Help to Save accounts that did not receive a bonus as of 31 December 2022 and bonus percentiles, including the median, can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.
The proportion of Help to Save accounts that did not receive a bonus in each year since the introduction of the scheme can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Paul Maynard (Conservative - Blackpool North and Cleveleys)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of people eligible to use Help to Save have opened an account as of 31 December 2022.
Answered by Andrew Griffith - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The number of Help to Save accounts opened each month up to the end of March 2022 is published in the Annual Savings Statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2022. The relevant information can be found in tab 2 of the document “Help to Save tables: June 2022”. This information will be updated in the next edition of the Annual Savings Statistics, due to be published on 22 June 2023. HMRC only has data on eligibility on a tax year basis.
The information on the number of Help to Save accounts that did not receive a bonus as of 31 December 2022 and bonus percentiles, including the median, can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.
The proportion of Help to Save accounts that did not receive a bonus in each year since the introduction of the scheme can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Paul Maynard (Conservative - Blackpool North and Cleveleys)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of Help to Save accounts did not receive a bonus as of 31 December 2022.
Answered by Andrew Griffith - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The number of Help to Save accounts opened each month up to the end of March 2022 is published in the Annual Savings Statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-savings-statistics-2022. The relevant information can be found in tab 2 of the document “Help to Save tables: June 2022”. This information will be updated in the next edition of the Annual Savings Statistics, due to be published on 22 June 2023. HMRC only has data on eligibility on a tax year basis.
The information on the number of Help to Save accounts that did not receive a bonus as of 31 December 2022 and bonus percentiles, including the median, can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.
The proportion of Help to Save accounts that did not receive a bonus in each year since the introduction of the scheme can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.