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732339

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of lost revenue resulting from incorrect classification of individuals as self employed in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The government has not produced an estimate of the cost to the Exchequer of lost revenue as a result of false self-employment.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor, in a response to a question from the Shadow Chancellor during the Budget debate on 15 March 2017, said he recognised ‘that there is a problem of bogus self-employment. There is a problem of employers who are refusing to employ people, requiring them to be “self-employed”. There is a problem of individuals being advised by high street accountants that they can save tax by restructuring the way they work. We do believe that people should have choices, and we do believe that there should be a diversity of ways of working in the economy—we just do not believe that that should be driven by unfair tax advantages.’</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs is aware that false self-employment presents a risk and is deploying compliance resources to address that risk. It will take appropriate action where false self-employment is identified.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 03/07/2017 13:04:58 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

732365

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Listed Buildings: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has assessed the potential merits of adopting a reduced VAT rate for goods and services required for the essential repair and maintenance of listed buildings.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>EU VAT rules do not allow the introduction of a reduced rate of VAT for goods and services required for the repair and maintenance of listed buildings. While the UK remains a member of the EU, we will continue to abide by our rights and obligations.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 03/07/2017 13:08:06 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

731824

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Connaught Income Series 1 Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress the Financial Conduct Authority has made in the investigation of the Connaught Income Fund.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which is operationally independent from Government.</p><p> </p><p>This question has been passed on to the FCA. They will reply directly to the Honourable Member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the library of the House.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 27/06/2017 10:31:16 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

731893

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax exemption for personal tax credits in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>Personal tax credits are not taxable. All those benefiting from tax credits awards in each of the years requested will have been exempt from income tax on these payments.</p><p> </p><p>Personal tax credit statistics data for 2014-15 and 2015-16 is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-tax-credits-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-tax-credits-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>Finalised statistics for 2016-17 will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/06/2017 15:17:38 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

731895

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances: Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax exemption for the income of charities in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>It is estimated that around 740,000 people received income tax relief for donations to charity for tax year 2014-15. It is projected that 764,000 and 784,000 people will receive income tax relief for donations to charities for tax years 2015-16 and 2016-17 respectively.</p><p> </p><p>These estimates are based on the 2014-15 Survey of Personal Incomes, and projected to 2015-16 and 2016-17 using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility’s March 2017 economic and fiscal outlook.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/06/2017 15:19:04 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

731896

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances: Landlords
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax relief for wear and tear allowance in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The most recent complete dataset for self-assessment UK property tax returns (SA105) is for 2014/15. That dataset shows that there were 800,000 returns that contained claims for wear and tear allowance.</p><p> </p><p>This allowance can also be claimed by partnerships and individuals who complete short tax returns. However, in those instances claims for wear and tear are grouped and claimed together with other allowable expenses. Therefore it is not possible to identify the number of partnership and short tax returns that contain wear and tear relief claims.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/06/2017 15:21:27 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

731898

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances: Film
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received film tax relief in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>Reliefs to support the film production sector are not granted to individual investors, but to film production companies. Film production companies can claim the relief only for the production of individual films.</p><p>HM Revenue and Customs publishes official statistics on the number of films claiming and receiving the Film Tax Relief on an annual basis. The statistics are available at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-july-2016</p><p>The most recent update was published in July 2016 and includes figures up to 2015-16. The number of films which claimed the Film Tax Relief was 255 in 2014-15 and 210 (a provisional number subject to revision) in 2015-16.</p><p>Figures for 2016-17 will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/06/2017 15:25:00 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

731947

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Landfill Tax: Crown Estate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Treasury officials have held meetings with other Government Departments in 2017 to discuss the removal of landfill tax from abandoned waste sites owned by the Crown Estate.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The previous Financial Secretary, in a letter to the hon. Member for Bassetlaw dated 19<sup>th</sup> April 2017, set out that a waiver of landfill tax for such cases would set a perverse incentive which may lead to the abandonment of other such waste sites. Therefore it would be counterproductive to waive the landfill tax liability in this case. I agree with this assessment.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has made no estimate as to the value of the site at Sandy Lane, Worksop.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has not held any meetings with other government departments concerning the removal of landfill tax from abandoned waste sites owned by the Crown Estate.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 259 599 question first answered 27/06/2017 15:13:19 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

731960

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has made a recent assessment of wage growth across the regions.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>In the year to 2016, earnings for an average full-time employee grew in every UK region and nation. Earnings grew fastest in the West Midlands (+3.7%), followed by the North West (+3.0%) and Wales (+2.9%).</p><p> </p><p>In April this year we increased the National Living Wage by 4.2% to £7.50. The increase is expected to directly benefit around 1.7 million workers across the UK.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 27/06/2017 09:38:34 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

731978

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Research and Development Tax Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received research and development tax credits in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>Research and development tax credits are claimed by companies. The number of companies claiming tax relief on research and development in 2014-15 was 20,935. HM Revenue and Customs publish this information within a statistics release at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/corporate-tax-research-and-development-tax-credit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/corporate-tax-research-and-development-tax-credit</a></p><p> </p><p>The next publication will include information for 2015-16. Information for later years are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/06/2017 15:23:01 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd