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833005

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January to Question 123164, for the (a) staff numbers and (b) budget for Customs A/B for each year since 2008.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	125321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>As per my previous answer, HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) publishes staffing numbers and budgets each year in its Annual Report and Accounts, including the core department and agency information. The information is available at the following links:</p><p>For 2012-13 to 2016-17:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrcs-annual-report-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrcs-annual-report-and-accounts</a></p><p> </p><p>For earlier years:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http:/www.hmrc.gov.uk/about/reports.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk///about/reports.htm</a></p><p> </p><p>With the merger of Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise in 2005, HMRC was created as a single department. As a single integrated department, HMRC is no longer organised as a separate entity, nor does it report Customs as a separate entity.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/02/2018 09:49:21 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

833074

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Inclusion Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans have been put in place for the next round of the Financial Inclusion Fund; and will he make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	125390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Financial Inclusion Fund was announced at the 2004 Spending Review and supported initiatives to tackle financial exclusion. The fund ended in 2011. There is no provision for a further round of funding under this mechanism.</p><p> </p><p>The government recently announced that £55 million is set to be awarded to financial inclusion and capability initiatives, as part of funds totalling £330 million unlocked from dormant accounts. The government is also establishing a Financial Inclusion Policy Forum, bringing together ministers from other government departments, regulators, industry and consumer groups, to drive better coordination across government on financial inclusion.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 01/02/2018 16:59:15 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

833121

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Budget November 2017: Equality and Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will conduct an impact assessment of the effect on child (a) poverty and (b) inequality of Autumn Budget 2017.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	125437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Since 2010 there are 600,000 fewer people in absolute poverty, including 200,000 fewer children. Income inequality has also fallen since 2010. HM Treasury publishes regular analysis of the distributional impact of government tax and spending policy on household incomes. The most recent analysis was published alongside Autumn Budget 2017, which show that all households, except the top 10%, are better off on average as a result of this Chancellor’s decisions. The analysis also shows that Government policy is highly redistributive: in 2019-20, the lowest income households will receive over £4 in public spending for every £1 they pay in tax, while households in the highest income decile contribute over £5 in tax for every £1 they receive in public spending.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 01/02/2018 11:38:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

831123

registered interest
date	26/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Poverty: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department plans to take in response to the recent findings of the End Child Poverty coalition on the levels of child poverty in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	125131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The proportion of people in absolute poverty is at record lows. Since 2010 there are 600,000 fewer people in absolute poverty, including 200,000 fewer children. Work is the most effective way out of poverty and unemployment has not been lower since 1975. The government is also taking action to boost the household incomes of low earners. From this April, the National Living Wage will increase to £7.83. Over 1.6 million people are expected to benefit and this is equivalent to a pay rise of £2000 for a full-time worker since its introduction. There is more to do and the government is committed to delivering a country that works for everyone. Last April, the government published its “Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families” strategy. This focused on measures that tackle the root causes of poverty.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 01/02/2018 15:16:31 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

830367

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure greater cooperation with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in order to achieve the objectives of the Industrial Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	124933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy is an ambitious new partnership between government and businesses, academia, local government and devolved administrations, that will help the UK prepare for the future.</p><p> </p><p>The Industrial Strategy is a collaborative cross-Government project, with clear support from both the Prime Minister and Chancellor.</p><p> </p><p>Government departments will continue to work together to achieve the objectives outlined in the Industrial Strategy, including tackling the barriers to productivity growth and driving investment in the technologies of the future.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 01/02/2018 15:33:55 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

830375

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce tax relief to enable HGV drivers to claim an allowance for food and provisions bought in advance of overnight stays.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	124941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Heavy Goods Vehicle drivers are, like other employees, able to claim tax relief for the cost of food and provisions incurred in the course of business travel.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to introduce tax relief for food and provisions purchased in advance for business journeys.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/02/2018 14:57:45 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

830385

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: Lesotho
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps has he taken to ensure that the mandatory binding arbitration clause in the UK’s tax treaty with Lesotho cannot be used by UK businesses to demand of the Lesotho Government that it does not challenge tax avoidance by UK businesses operating in Lesotho.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	124951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Before any UK business can access mandatory binding arbitration under the new tax treaty with Lesotho, it must present a case to HMRC explaining why it believes Lesotho is not applying the tax treaty properly. Only if HMRC agrees that the UK business’s case is justified can the matter be taken up between HMRC and the authorities in Lesotho under the Mutual Agreement Procedure. Where benefits of the tax treaty are justifiably denied by Lesotho because the UK business has engaged in tax avoidance arrangements, a case would not be accepted into the Mutual Agreement Procedure and it could not therefore reach the arbitration process.</p><p> </p><p>If a case is accepted into the Mutual Agreement Procedure, the authorities in the UK and Lesotho will discuss it and have two years to reach a mutually acceptable conclusion. Only if they do not succeed in that can the business request arbitration. If the case were to make it that far – and no case has so far ever been arbitrated under any of the UK’s treaties which include provision for it – an independent arbitration panel would consider the case on its merits.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is committed to countering tax avoidance, including arrangements that seek to abuse the provisions of our tax treaties or the domestic law of either treaty partner. The new tax treaty contains a range of provisions, which the UK requested, that prevent treaty benefits being granted in cases of tax avoidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/02/2018 14:30:03 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

830386

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will undertake an assessment of the potential merits of impact assessments of the effect on the (a) economy, (b) human rights and (c) environment of bilateral tax treaties between the UK and a low-income countries.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	124952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>In a Written Ministerial Statement on 15 March 2011, after impact assessments were introduced, the then Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury gave details of exceptions from the requirement to publish an impact assessment; secondary legislation enacting double taxation treaties was listed among them.</p><p> </p><p>The reason we have not produced an impact assessment is that tax treaties impose no obligations on taxpayers; rather they give UK residents relief from foreign tax in prescribed circumstances. They also provide relief from UK tax for non-residents in a comparable situation.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, as the benefits of tax treaties depend on dynamic changes of behaviour by taxpayers, it is incredibly difficult to analyse the impact of tax treaties. But by governing the taxation of cross-border income flows in a predictable manner and eliminating double taxation and excessive taxation, tax treaties promote international trade and investment, leading to sustainable tax revenues which are vital in financing for development.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/02/2018 14:17:12 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

830387

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Lesotho
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department requested the inclusion of a mandatory binding arbitration clause in the UK’s new tax treaty with Lesotho.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	124953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s starting point in treaty negotiations is based closely on the OECD Model Tax Convention, which includes a mandatory binding arbitration clause. We believe this is a useful mechanism for resolving disputes and always request it in negotiations. But we respect the position of countries that do not wish to include it and there is never any question in negotiations of either side imposing conditions on the other. Lesotho was happy to agree the inclusion of the provision in the new treaty.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/02/2018 14:23:08 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

830389

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Lesotho
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department received from UK companies on the (a) negotiation and (b) ratification of the new tax treaty with Lesotho.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	124955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>No representations were received from UK companies on (a) the negotiation or (b) the ratification of the new tax treaty with Lesotho. It was Lesotho who approached the UK to seek renegotiation.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/02/2018 14:58:41 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe