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171058

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Training: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers received tax relief on expenditure on training in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	219099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 219075 219097 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:24:17 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

171059

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Training: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax relief was claimed by employers on expenditure on training in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	219097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 219075 219099 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:24:17 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

171063

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Students: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers were granted tax relief on expenditure on training to degree level in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what the total value was of that tax relief.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	219075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 219097 219099 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:24:17 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

171244

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Foreign Companies: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on Exchequer revenues of the decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union in European Commission v United Kingdom (Case C-112/14) of 13 November 2014; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	219257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The changes are expected to have a negligible impact on the Exchequer.<br><br>The decision handed down by the Court of Justice of the European Union in European Commission v United Kingdom (Case C-112/14) of 13 November 2014 relates to a Reasoned Opinion of the European Commission of 17 February 2011 stating that UK Anti-Avoidance legislation contained in section 13 of the Taxation of chargeable Gains Act 1992 (TCGA) did not go far enough in ensuring genuine commercial activity is excluded from charge and was therefore incompatible with EU Treaty freedoms. <br><br>The Government had already accepted the legislation was incompatible and made changes to section 13 (in section 62 of the Finance Act 2013) which applied retrospectively from April 2012, prior to the case even being referred to the Court of Justice. <br><br>The Court of Justice decision relates only to the old pre-Finance Act 2013 legislation, and the UK therefore did not contest the matter before the Court. <br><br>The UK is pleased that the conclusion in the judgement endorses the approach adopted in the revised version of section 13 TCGA; that a restriction on the free movement of capital is compatible with the Treaty where it combats tax avoidance and is targeted at wholly artificial arrangements.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/01/2015 17:27:04 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

171248

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Environment Protection: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the net Exchequer effect of green (a) taxes and (b) subsidies in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	219213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government classifies environmental taxes as those that meet all of the following three principles:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li><p>The tax is explicitly linked to the Government’s environmental objectives</p></li><li><p>The primary objective of the tax is to encourage environmentally positive behaviour change</p></li><li><p>The tax is structured in relation to environmental objectives</p><p> </p><p>Based on these principles, the Government has defined the environmental taxes as the Climate Change Levy, the Aggregates Levy, Landfill Tax, the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme, and the Carbon Price Floor.</p><p> </p><p>In May 2010, this Government committed to increasing the proportion of tax revenue accounted for by environmental taxes. The forecast from Budget 2014 demonstrates that the Government remains on track to achieve this commitment, as shown in the table below:</p></li></ul><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Revenue from Environmental Taxes</p></td><td><p>£2.5bn</p></td><td><p>£3.0bn</p></td><td><p>£3.0bn</p></td><td><p>£3.8bn</p></td><td><p>£4.7bn</p></td><td><p>£5.1bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Tax Forecast Receipts</p></td><td><p>£555.7bn</p></td><td><p>£577.5bn</p></td><td><p>£593.5bn</p></td><td><p>£619.8bn</p></td><td><p>£648.2bn</p></td><td><p>£675.5bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion of total tax receipts</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Many of the policies aimed at supporting renewables and reducing the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions are funded by consumers, with neutral cost to the Exchequer. Detail on spend which is funded by the Exchequer in these areas, including the Renewable Heat Incentive, is published in the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s Annual Reports and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 05/01/2015 17:04:30 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

171249

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to increase the income tax personal allowance to £13,500.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	219214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government announced at Autumn Statement 2014 that the Personal Allowance would be increased to £10,600 from April 2015. This will be legislated for in the 2015 Finance Bill. <br><br>Any changes to the Personal Allowance and income tax thresholds will be set out at future fiscal events</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/01/2015 17:25:34 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

170612

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Workers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the overall budget for the Care First programme was in each year of that programme.
tabling member constituency	Meon Valley
tabling member printed	George Hollingbery
uin	218921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p><strong>Care First was funded as part of the Young Person’s Guarantee. The final budget allocation for Care First was £75m across 2009/10 and 2010/11. The Young Person’s Guarantee was replaced by the Youth Contract.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/12/2014 09:34:07 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery

170613

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	eBay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that all online retailers trading on eBay in the UK display VAT numbers.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	218935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>There is no requirement in tax legislation for a VAT-registered person to declare to a customer that they are registered or to provide a VAT registration number, unless they make a supply to another VAT-registered person, in which case they are obliged to issue a VAT invoice including their VAT number. However businesses are required to comply with the Electronic Commerce Regulations 2002 concerning the provision of this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/01/2015 17:38:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

170614

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
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, with reference to the new rates of stamp duty, under what category land will be sold if planning permission has been granted for both commercial and residential purposes.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	219042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Undeveloped land is treated as non-residential property for stamp duty land tax (SDLT) purposes. The existence or otherwise of planning permission is immaterial.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/01/2015 17:36:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

170869

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 5 December (HL3055), whether they have published an impact assessment on the fiscal impact of immigration into the United Kingdom since 2008.
tabling member printed	Lord Turnberg
uin	HL3816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2014 answer text <p>The government has not published an impact assessment on the fiscal impact of immigration into the United Kingdom since 2008. The fiscal impacts of migration are considered in impact assessments published by the government where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 19/12/2014 12:54:53 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	2537 label Biography information for Lord Turnberg