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Written Question
Business: Coronavirus
Wednesday 13th January 2021

Asked by: Taiwo Owatemi (Labour - Coventry North West)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support the Government is making available to businesses entering Tier 4 covid-19 lockdown areas.

Answered by Kemi Badenoch - Leader of HM Official Opposition

Throughout this crisis, the Government has sought to support businesses, jobs and public services up and down the UK. That is why it has spent over £280 billion to make a package of support available for businesses which has included billions in wage support, loans, tax deferrals, Business Rate reliefs and general and sector-specific grants.

As measures to control the virus change, it is right that government support should also evolve. However, the Tier 4 restrictions introduced in December to control the spread of the virus were broadly similar to those implemented nationwide in November. As such, the existing financial support measures for businesses entering Tier 4 were maintained.

The Government recognises that the latest national lockdown, while necessary to save lives and protect the NHS, will lead to further challenges for businesses. That is why we are providing additional funding for businesses worth £4.6 billion across the UK. All businesses in England which are legally required to close as a result of this lockdown will receive one-off grants of up to £9,000. We are also providing all English local authorities with an additional £500m of discretionary business grant funding.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 10 Nov 2020
Support for SMEs: Covid-19

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I thank the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot Colburn) for securing this important debate.

As we all know too well, the coronavirus pandemic has hit our economy hard, and continues to do so. After the last lockdown, …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 03 Nov 2020
Government Response to Covid-19

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Charles.

I thank the hon. Member for South Dorset (Mr Drax) for securing this important debate. All of us here today are saddened that we are heading into another lockdown without the Government having done everything in their power to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 20 Oct 2020
Black History Month

"I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Erith and Thamesmead (Abena Oppong-Asare) for securing this long-overdue debate. It is my honour to speak in this debate as the first black MP for Coventry North West and as the first MP of Nigerian heritage in the west midlands—as my hon. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 20 Oct 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

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What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the extension of the self-employment income support scheme. [907788]

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 20 Oct 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

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My constituent Rebecca launched a new business, Purdy’s Pet Shop, in Coventry North West just before the lockdown. Rebecca was told that she was ineligible for the self-employment income support scheme and faced a frustrating few weeks until she was eventually granted a coronavirus business interruption loan. That is just …

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Oct 2020
Covid-19 Economic Support Package

"I am pleased to be speaking in the debate today. Yesterday, my hon. Friend the Member for Oxford East (Anneliese Dodds) raised a pertinent question with the Chancellor regarding the economic support available to individuals and businesses in the areas subject to additional public health restrictions. We have repeatedly spoken …..."
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Written Question
Self-employment Income Support Scheme
Wednesday 16th September 2020

Asked by: Taiwo Owatemi (Labour - Coventry North West)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Self-Employment Income Support Scheme grants have been paid to furloughed workers who lost income due to an inability to carry out additional, part-time self-employment.

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

The information requested is not available.

Statistics on the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme are available from https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/self-employment-income-support-scheme-statistics-august-2020 and https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coronavirus-job-retention-scheme-statistics-august-2020 respectively.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Sep 2020
Protection of Jobs and Businesses

"I have spoken passionately in this Chamber about the impact that the coronavirus pandemic is having on the livelihoods of my constituents. Ensuring that no one is left behind should be at the heart of the Government’s response to this economic crisis. As the MP for Coventry North West, it …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Sep 2020
Protection of Jobs and Businesses

"The furlough scheme should be extended for as long as the country and my constituents need it to be extended.

Why are this Government so comfortable with putting businesses and my constituents’ livelihoods at risk? With the threat of a second lockdown and the potential for other local lockdowns, surely …..."
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