PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Bus Services: Coronavirus (30 November 2020)

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value is of grants or payments made from the public purse to subsidiaries of (a) Stagecoach, (b) National Express, (c) Go-Ahead, (d) First Group, (e) Serco, (f) Arriva and (g) Abellio for support with employment costs during the covid-19 outbreak.

Asked by:
Charlotte Nichols (Labour)

HMRC are not able to provide information on any specific organisations that may have received financial support from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).

This is because of HMRC’s duty of confidentiality. HMRC cannot publish identifying information unless there is an appropriate legal basis for publication. No such legal basis was in place for the CJRS prior to 12 November 2020 when the latest CJRS Direction was signed.

In line with the published direction, as part of HMRC’s commitment to transparency and to deter fraudulent claims, HMRC will publish information about employers who claim for periods starting on or after 1 December 2020. This will be available from February for December claims, and then monthly thereafter.

Answered by:
Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Conservative)
8 December 2020