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114500

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	EU Budget: Contributions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were their estimates of the United Kingdom contribution to the European Union budget in 2014–15 prior to the communication of the increased contribution of £1.7 billion now sought by the European Commission.
tabling member printed	Lord Ashcroft
uin	HL2679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) forecast of March 2014, estimates the UK’s net contribution to the EU Budget for 2014-15 as £9.1 billion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Full information can be found in Table 2.21 of the OBR’s “economic and fiscal outlook supplementary fiscal table”[1].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <strong><a href="http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/economic-fiscal-outlook-march-2014/" target="_blank">http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/economic-fiscal-outlook-march-2014/</a>. </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 19/11/2014 14:05:19 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	2568 label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft

114509

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	EU Budget: Contributions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total amount of the rebate on the United Kingdom's contribution to the European Union budget from the commencement of that rebate until the year in which the United Kingdom Government agreed its reduction; and what was the total amount of the rebate from that year to date.
tabling member printed	Lord Williamson of Horton
uin	HL2685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>The value of the UK rebate included in EU Budgets over the period 1985 to 2007 was £54 billion. The value of the rebate over the period 2008 to 2013 was £23 billion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This information has been published by HM Treasury in reports entitled European Union Finances (previously called European Community Financessince) since 1980 and are available in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reports dating back to 2000 (with data back to 1995) are also available on the Government’s website[1].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/eu-annual-statement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/eu-annual-statement</a> and <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130128125455/http:/www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/int_eu_statefraud.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130128125455/http:/www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/int_eu_statefraud.htm</a>.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 19/11/2014 14:45:15 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	2438 label Biography information for Lord Williamson of Horton

114602

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Situation
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 effect of a reduction in growth in the Eurozone on economic performance in (a) each region of the UK and (b) the UK as a whole.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	213461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>We are one of the most open economies in the world through trade and financial channels. The U.K. isn't immune to weakness in the euro area and instability in global markets, so we face a critical moment for our economy. Despite these headwinds Britain’s long-term economic plan is working, boosting economic security for Britain’s hardworking people. The economy is growing, the deficit is falling and there are record levels of people in work. Unemployment has fallen over the last year in every region of the UK and compared to the same period a year ago, the UK was the fastest growing major advanced economy (G7) in the first half of the year. But the job is not done and the biggest risk now to the recovery would be abandoning the plan that is delivering a brighter economic future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 17/11/2014 16:44:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

114607

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase compensation payments to Equitable Life policyholders.
tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Alistair Burt
uin	213511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Equitable Life Payment Scheme is focussed on making the remaining payments to eligible policyholders. The Government has sought to achieve fairness between Equitable Life policyholders and the taxpayers who must bear the cost at a time when the nation's finances are in a difficult position. We have no plans to re-open the design of the Scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 17/11/2014 15:46:18 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt

114612

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
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 integration costs likely to be incurred when passing HM Revenue and Customs Aspire Contract Work to potential new suppliers.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	David Wright
uin	213647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Over the 7 year period from 07/08 to 13/14 there is an annual c£3m productivity improvement a year on average.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs is in the process of preparing a Business Case to manage the end of the Aspire contract in June 2017.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has one of the largest outsourced IT contracts in the world, enabling us to deliver a very wide range of services to more than 50 million customers.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to delivering all this for the minimum cost to the taxpayer. As the NAO report recognises, the Aspire contract helped the department to collect almost £506 billion for the UK in the last year alone as well as improving services to customers.</p><p> </p><p>The NAO also recognises the progress that HMRC has made over the last two years in developing in-house technical skills, so that we are less dependent on external suppliers. For instance, we recently opened a new Digital Delivery Centre in Newcastle as part of our Digital transformation programme.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to improve the performance of the contract over the next three years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 213650 question first answered 17/11/2014 17:48:02 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1461 label Biography information for David Wright

114614

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the replacement for the HM Revenue and Customs contract will involve provision and a costing for support for tax credits.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	David Wright
uin	213648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Tax Credits systems will continue to be supported by HM Revenue and Customs until such time as all Tax Credits customers have migrated to Universal Credits. We also expect some retrospective work on Tax Credits to continue after the migration has completed for error/fraud/debt reasons. Costs related to providing this continuing support will be included in the contract replacement work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/11/2014 16:00:54 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1461 label Biography information for David Wright

114618

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what payments the Government has made to (a) Capgemini and (b) Fujitsu for work decommissioning tax credits.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	David Wright
uin	213642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs has undertaken limited decommissioning work on the Tax Credit systems. All decommissioning costs are paid through Cap Gemini as our prime supplier and the value of those payments is £1.2m.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 20/01/2015 12:52:31 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1461 label Biography information for David Wright

114619

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
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 apprentices were removed from their apprenticeship programme to cover tax credit renewal work in the last two weeks of July 2014; and where such apprentices were based.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	David Wright
uin	213643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) trained and deployed a flexible resource of just over 2000 staff from across the Department and deployed them in stages from 23rd June until the end of the Tax credit peak to ensure that the peak was a better experience for customers this year than it has been in earlier years. The Tax Credit peak this year was a huge team effort with staff of all grades including senior members of staff volunteering to help support our customers by taking telephone calls.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not have a record of how many of these additional staff were apprentices.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 213644 question first answered 17/11/2014 16:46:39 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1461 label Biography information for David Wright

114621

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the National Audit Office report, Managing and replacing the Aspire contract, HC 444, published on 22 July 2014, if he will estimate the savings to the public purse that he expects to accrue from the improvement in HM Revenue and Customs IT service availability identified in that report.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	David Wright
uin	213650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Over the 7 year period from 07/08 to 13/14 there is an annual c£3m productivity improvement a year on average.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs is in the process of preparing a Business Case to manage the end of the Aspire contract in June 2017.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has one of the largest outsourced IT contracts in the world, enabling us to deliver a very wide range of services to more than 50 million customers.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to delivering all this for the minimum cost to the taxpayer. As the NAO report recognises, the Aspire contract helped the department to collect almost £506 billion for the UK in the last year alone as well as improving services to customers.</p><p> </p><p>The NAO also recognises the progress that HMRC has made over the last two years in developing in-house technical skills, so that we are less dependent on external suppliers. For instance, we recently opened a new Digital Delivery Centre in Newcastle as part of our Digital transformation programme.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to improve the performance of the contract over the next three years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 213647 question first answered 17/11/2014 17:48:01 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1461 label Biography information for David Wright

114623

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
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 staff by grade and pay band were moved to the tax credit renewal work by HM Revenue and Customs business area in the last two weeks of July 2014.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	David Wright
uin	213644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) trained and deployed a flexible resource of just over 2000 staff from across the Department and deployed them in stages from 23rd June until the end of the Tax credit peak to ensure that the peak was a better experience for customers this year than it has been in earlier years. The Tax Credit peak this year was a huge team effort with staff of all grades including senior members of staff volunteering to help support our customers by taking telephone calls.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not have a record of how many of these additional staff were apprentices.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 213643 question first answered 17/11/2014 16:46:39 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1461 label Biography information for David Wright