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851510

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has plans to stop HMRC promoting an 0843 premium rate customer service number on its website instead of the local rate 0300 number.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	130273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>HMRC’s ‘Contact Us pages on the .Gov.UK website do not promote 0843 numbers. All HMRC customer-facing telephone numbers on the Gov.UK pages start with 03.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/03/2018 16:39:41 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

851524

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Dudley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government about office space at the Waterfront in Dudley.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	130287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of ministerial discussions are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 130455 question first answered 05/03/2018 17:45:38 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

851554

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Personal Pensions: Tax Allowances
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 how much would be saved on an annual basis if tax relief on personal pension contributions was capped at the basic rate, based on the total amount of personal pension contributions in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	130317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>An estimate of the cost of limiting all personal pension contribution tax relief at the basic rate is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the cost of pension tax relief is published in the HM Revenue and Custom (HMRC) National Statistics table ‘Registered pension schemes: cost of tax relief’, available on GOV.UK, including estimates for 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>The full publication ‘Personal pensions: contribution and tax relief’ statistics, which includes all of the above tables can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-pensions-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-pensions-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/03/2018 16:42:01 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

851572

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Transport of 27 February 2018, Official Report, column 794, what methodology is used to allocate revenue raised from vehicle excise duty to (a) road construction projects and (b) roads maintenance; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	130335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Future roads investment in England will be underpinned by a new Roads Fund paid for directly from the revenues of Vehicle Excise Duty from 2020-21. The split between operations, renewals and maintenance on the strategic road network will be decided as part of Roads Investment Strategy 2. The Government is currently consulting on the scope of and process for investment decisions on the Major Road Network.</p><p> </p><p>The Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive will receive Barnett consquentials on this funding in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/03/2018 11:40:51 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

851604

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer on 8 January 2018 to Question 120804, what recent assessment he has made of the annual cost to the Exchequer of providing intermediary relief to those claiming it under existing Stamp Duty Reserve Tax rules.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	130367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Intermediary relief was introduced in 1997 to safeguard liquidity and ensure market making in the London equity market is not subject to unsustainably high effective tax rates.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC cannot provide an estimate of the annual cost to the Exchequer of providing intermediary relief to those claiming it under existing Stamp Duty Reserve Tax rules. Although information on the usage of this relief is reported to HMRC, the relevant data is not held in a centralised form, and the cost of compiling it for statistical purposes is disproportionate. More information on reliefs where costs are unavailable can be found in the “Tax Reliefs in Force in 2016-17 or 2017-18: Estimates of cost unavailable” publication below: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/675231/Dec_17_allow_rels_estimates_unavailable_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/675231/Dec_17_allow_rels_estimates_unavailable_Final.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Like with other areas of the tax system, the Government continually monitors intermediary relief to ensure that it is appropriately targeted and effective in delivering it’s policy objective.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/03/2018 16:25:42 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

851606

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Markets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of high frequency trading strategies on the resilience of UK financial markets.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	130369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government Office for Science, sponsored by HM Treasury, published its Foresight Project report in October 2012, analysing the role, development, and impact of computer-based trading – including high frequency trading – in financial markets.<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> The report highlighted the benefits of computer-based trading for the operation of markets, in particular relating to liquidity, transaction costs, and the efficiency of market prices, while also considering the implications for financial stability.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Government Office for Science, <em>Future of computer trading in financial markets</em> (October 2012) <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-of-computer-trading-in-financial-markets-an-international-perspective" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-of-computer-trading-in-financial-markets-an-international-perspective</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 05/03/2018 14:39:50 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

851679

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2018 to Question 126730, what the total cost to the Exchequer is of the tax-free childcare scheme not including the cost of 30 hours free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	130442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The Childcare Service is an integrated digital service through which parents can apply for Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare in a single application. As the costs of one application can be associated with both policies, there is not a clear distinction between the operating costs of each.</p><p> </p><p>The HMRC contribution to the operating costs of the childcare service are estimated to be around £30million in 2018/2019 and £42million in 2019/2020. These may be revised in light of actual workloads.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/03/2018 13:23:50 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

851692

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Dudley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the transfer of staff employed by HMRC at the Waterfront offices in Dudley.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	130455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of ministerial discussions are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 130287 question first answered 05/03/2018 17:45:38 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

851711

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Help to Buy Scheme: Individual Savings Accounts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what are the eligibility criteria is for a person to qualify for a bonus with a Help to Buy ISA.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	130474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>In addition to observing the usual ISA regulations, for an individual to qualify for a Help to Buy: ISA they must be 16 or over, have a valid National Insurance number, be a UK resident, and be a first-time buyer. Under this scheme being a first-time buyer means they must not have owned a property anywhere in the world.</p><p>An individual will then qualify for a government bonus when they come to buy a property if it is:</p><p>a) in the UK;</p><p>b) costs less than £250k (or £450k in London);</p><p>c) will be their only home;</p><p>d) is where they intend to live; and</p><p>e) will be purchased with a mortgage.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 05/03/2018 14:38:46 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

850660

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to move budgetary responsibility for social care from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to the Department of Health and Social Care.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	129911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>When the Department of Health was renamed the Department of Health and Social Care, it also took on responsibility for the forthcoming Green Paper on Care and Support for Older People. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government supports local government to deliver public services to local people, and ensure local authorities have sufficient resources to provide necessary services to their communities. There are currently no plans to change responsibility for the funding of adult social care.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/03/2018 11:41:43 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley