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Written Question
Location: Tax Allowances
Thursday 14th January 2021

Asked by: Robert Syms (Conservative - Poole)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, by how much has the relocation allowance been updated in line with inflation since its introduction in 1994.

Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

The tax exempt relocation allowance has remained at £8,000 since it was introduced in 1994. The Government keeps all reliefs and allowances under review to ensure that they continue to meet policy objectives.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Nov 2020
Spending Review 2020 and OBR Forecast

"I thank the Chancellor for his statement. Over the last 10 years, we have spent over £100 billion on overseas aid, with a lot of it borrowed. Most of my constituents will understand the difficult decision that the Government have had to make. At 0.5%, our aid spending will be …..."
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Written Question
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Local Government
Tuesday 7th July 2020

Asked by: Robert Syms (Conservative - Poole)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many local authority staff are furloughed in each local authority; and what the cost to the public purse is of furloughed staff in each local authority.

Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

Applications for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) opened on Monday 20th April. By midnight 28 June 2020, 1.1m employers had submitted claims to HMRC representing 9.3m employees furloughed and £25.5bn.

On 11 June HMRC released analysis of employer take up, which can be found on GOV.UK. HMRC do not require employers to provide addresses of their employees as part of their CJRS claim and so is unable to provide an accurate picture of employee take up by location.

Speech in General Committees - Mon 09 Sep 2019
Draft Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 3) Regulations 2019

"I have sat on many of these Committees. It is not unusual to have civil servants come forward because minor mistakes have been made, and the normal procedure in this type of Committee is to put them right, rather than to reject and vote against the instrument. The Treasury civil …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 11 Dec 2018
Finance (No. 3) Bill (Ninth sitting)

"Had we had a meaningful vote today—we are not going to have one—I would have voted with the hon. Members for Oxford East and for Aberdeen North. However, I find it a little strange that those who intend to vote against the agreement should criticise the Government for a no …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 11 Dec 2018
Finance (No. 3) Bill (Ninth sitting)

"I come back to my basic point that there are certain matters of principle that are good for parliamentary debate, and there are minor, technical matters, such as those dealing with the Inland Revenue. I am not sure that debating the latter would bring much to the sum of human …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 11 Dec 2018
Finance (No. 3) Bill (Ninth sitting)

"The hon. Member makes his own point. We have discussed Budgets and Finance Bill Committees before. The Bill has been on the Floor of the House and will go back there. There will be endless debates, and I am perfectly sure that he and his formidable Front-Bench team will be …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 06 Dec 2018
Finance (No. 3) Bill (Seventh sitting)

"My observation is that an awful lot of money is spent in London, compared with the regions of this country, whether the north-west or south-west. There may be a very good reason for that—London is a very important city for our nation—but I would not be inclined to vote even …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 06 Dec 2018
Finance (No. 3) Bill (Seventh sitting)

"Apart from paying the levy, the road haulage industry pays considerable sums of tax on fuel; it therefore pays quite a lot into the Exchequer for the provision of roads. I would make another important point: almost every good that we have in this country travels at some point on …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 06 Dec 2018
Finance (No. 3) Bill (Seventh sitting)

"If a road haulier sends a vehicle with a load to a city in the north, the profit it makes is on the load back. If that vehicle runs empty, the haulier has higher costs. Therefore, if that vehicle is empty, the road haulier’s manager is not doing his job …..."
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