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1661020

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2023 to Question 196959 on High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge, if he will undertake a review of the income thresholds for the payment of the High Income Child Benefit Charge.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	199755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to managing the public finances in a disciplined and responsible way.</p><p> </p><p>The Adjusted Net Income threshold of £50,000 for the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) means that the Government continues to support the majority of Child Benefit claimants, whilst ensuring that the fiscal position remains sustainable. The Government therefore considers that the current threshold remains appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/09/2023 07:59:14 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1661021

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2023 to Question 196959 on High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge, if he will list all tax charges that his Department has reviewed since January 2013.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	199756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government keeps all taxes under review unless otherwise stated.</p><p> </p><p>Since 9 December 2010, HMRC have published Tax Information and Impact Notes (TIINs) alongside tax legislation. A full list of TIINs can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-information-and-impact-notes-tiins" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-information-and-impact-notes-tiins</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also publishes a list of open and closed tax consultations since 2020. This list can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-policy-consultations#closed-consultations-" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-policy-consultations#closed-consultations-</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, a list of completed and ongoing HMRC research can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?parent=hm-revenue-customs&amp;content_store_document_type=research&amp;organisations%5B%5D=hm-revenue-customs&amp;order=updated-newest" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?parent=hm-revenue-customs&amp;content_store_document_type=research&amp;organisations%5B%5D=hm-revenue-customs&amp;order=updated-newest</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/09/2023 08:02:17 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1661091

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the press statement issued by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, published on 30 March 2022, if he will list the targeted enforcement activities that HMRC NMW Enforcement have carried out for seafarers employed in the (a) ferries and (b) wider shipping industry as of 15 September 2023; and what the outcomes of those investigations were.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	199718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>HMRC enforces the UK NMW and national living wage in line with the legislative framework owned by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT).</p><p> </p><p>HMRC don’t hesitate to use their powers if they suspect a business isn’t paying their workers at least the correct rate of National Minimum Wage. HMRC deploy resource across all sectors proportionate to the level of risk.</p><p> </p><p>Since the UK NMW changes for the maritime sector in October 2020, HMRC have worked with the domestic maritime sector and unions to ensure obligations and worker rights are understood and are being complied with. HMRC wrote to employers in the Maritime sector asking them to check that they are paying all their workers the correct minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have produced multi-lingual leaflets for seafarers regarding their entitlement and routes of redress and these have been distributed via the RMT and Nautilus International unions. HMRC also provided an article on seafarer minimum wage entitlement published on Nautilus International website encouraging seafarers to make a complaint if they are not receiving National Minimum Wage.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone who thinks they are not being paid what they are entitled to can complain online at <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fminimum-wage-complaint&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cann.elbeck%40hmrc.gov.uk%7C96891566c2a14897bf3f08dbb8e70239%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C638307074532312360%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=aGR3DITH5trPZ2bkQTXF0PMDBddW3r2oih9De8NcK20%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/minimum-wage-complaint</a> or can contact ACAS, on 0300 123 1100. HMRC won’t tell an employer who complained without the person’s consent.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/09/2023 08:00:44 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1660725

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report by the Financial Conduct Authority entitled Financial Lives 2022 survey, published on 26 July 2023, if he will hold discussions with the Financial Conduct Authority on the findings of that survey on the number of people who unsuccessfully attempted to contact their financial services providers in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	199540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government wants to ensure that everyone can access useful support from their financial service providers and understands that for many customers, getting through to their provider is often the starting point for receiving help.</p><p> </p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Financial Lives Survey provides a nationally representative view of UK adults’ financial behavior and experience of the UK financial services industry. While in the 12 months to May 2022, the Survey shows that 84% of those who used customer support services in the last 12 months agreed that it helped them achieve what they wanted to, in the same period, 14% of adults who held one or more financial products unsuccessfully attempted to contact one or more of their financial services providers.</p><p> </p><p>Already, Ministers and officials regularly engage with the FCA on the key issues affecting customers, including access to support.</p><p> </p><p>The Consumer Duty, introduced on 31 July this year, builds on the FCAs work to ensure that firms act to deliver good outcomes and seeks to set a higher and clearer standard of care that firms owe their customers. Under the duty, firms will have to provide helpful and responsive customer service and equip their customers to make good decisions through communications people can understand, provided at the right time. This means it should be as easy to complain about or switch and cancel products or services as it is to buy them.</p><p> </p><p>To improve access to digital services, the government is continuing to invest in digital infrastructure as well as essential skills. For example, the Digital Entitlement allows for adults with no or low digital skills to study for a new Essential Digital Skills Qualification for free.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 19/09/2023 12:36:19 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1660729

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alternative Fuels: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a zero-rate tax for renewable hydrotreated vegetable oil for domestic heating.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	199548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) is a relatively new fuel, and has limited availability in the UK. When used for domestic heating, HVO benefits from the rebated duty rate of 10.18p per litre, in contrast to the full duty rate of 52.95p per litre.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Biomass Strategy, which was published on 10 August, reviews the amount of sustainable biomass available to the UK, including liquid biofuels such as HVO. It is important to ensure that biomass is prioritised within the economy where it offers the greatest opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in ‘hard to abate’ sectors where there are fewer options to decarbonise through alternative low carbon technologies. Biomass has a role in decarbonising certain properties, such as off gas grid homes that are not readily suitable for heat pumps. Further evidence is needed to consider what role biofuels could play.</p><p> </p><p>As with all taxes, the Government keeps the taxation of HVO under review, and any changes are announced by the Chancellor at fiscal events.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 19/09/2023 12:26:46 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1660750

registered interest
date	14/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many public appointments are sponsored by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	199611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>During 2021-22 HM Treasury had 6 bodies regulated by the Office for the Commissioner for Public Appointments (OCPA).</p><p> </p><p>Details of public appointments made by HM Treasury is reported in the Cabinet Office Public Appointments Data report the latest of these is for 2021-2022 year and this is published on Gov.uk. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-appointments-data-report-202122/public-appointments-data-report-202122-html" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-appointments-data-report-202122/public-appointments-data-report-202122-html</a></p><p>Data for the appointments made in 2022-23 are not yet available in this format.</p><p>All public appointments are made in line with the process and principles set out in the Governance Code on Public Appointments and regulated by an independent Commissioner.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 19/09/2023 12:24:34 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1660070

registered interest
date	12/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: ICT and Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) major IT failures and (b) security breaches there have been at HMRC in each quarter since Q1 of 2022.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	198978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>(a) HMRC do not publish major IT failures in the public domain. Previously, HMRC have made announcements using online platforms such as GOV.UK and Twitter to update customers on services that have been impacted by an outage or an IT failure. Customers can also find out about downtime and technical issues with HMRC services via the GOV.UK platform - HMRC Service and Availability and Issues. Please see link here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hm-revenue-and-customs-service-availability-and-issues" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hm-revenue-and-customs-service-availability-and-issues</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(b) Information related to security breaches are published and can be found in the HMRC Annual Report and Accounts 2021/2022 and 2022/2023. Links to both reports can be found below:</p><ul><li>2021/2022 report - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-to-2022/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-to-2022--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-to-2022/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-to-2022--2</a></li><li>2022/2023 report - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023?&amp;utm_source=intranet&amp;utm_medium=internal&amp;utm_campaign=ara" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023?&amp;utm_source=intranet&amp;utm_medium=internal&amp;utm_campaign=ara</a></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/09/2023 16:40:25 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1658447

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employed: National Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to fully digitise the processing of A1 (CA3837) documents for UK self-employed workers in the music industry temporarily working in Europe, including the issuing of such documents.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
uin	HL9883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>In response to customer feedback, HMRC introduced a new online version of the form CA3837 in June 2023, which was designed to streamline the application process, offering a number of enhancements and providing additional guidance for more complex questions.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC intend to automate the CA3837 application process in the Autumn which will improve processing times and remove opportunities for error.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 13/09/2023 13:18:31 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty

1658448

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employed: National Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average time between the (1) application for, and (2) issuing of, an A1 (CA3837) document for UK self-employed workers; and whether they have any plans to reduce the processing time for such applications.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
uin	HL9884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>The average time it is taking HMRC to process/issue A1s received online is 15 weeks as it stands today. HMRC processes 3 different applications forms (CA3822, CA3837 and CA8421) that can result in A1s being issued.</p><p>It is not possible to break it down to average processing times for each application due to the complexities of HMRC’s internal digital mail systems.</p><p>In quarter 3, HMRC plans to upskill additional colleagues to help process the backlog of CA3822s and this will include CA3837s and CA8421s which will help to reduce processing times.</p><p>HMRC intend to automate the CA3837 application process in the Autumn which will improve processing times and remove opportunities for error.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 13/09/2023 12:17:13 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty

1658449

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employed: National Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to replace all single-use A1 (CA3837) documents for UK self-employed workers in the music industry with an A1 document valid for two years covering multiple unspecified (1) tours, (2) countries, and (3) dates.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
uin	HL9885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>HMRC issues A1 certificates where a self-employed individual is subject to UK social security legislation whilst working in the EU. The rules for issuing certificates apply equally to HMRC and EU Member State social security authorities. The government has no plans to seek changes at this time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn question first answered 13/09/2023 13:03:10 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn
tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty