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646550

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Rural Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to reform the income tax relief system to encourage the building of social housing on rural exception sites; and if so, what are those plans.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government currently has no plans to reform the income tax relief system or rollover relief provisions for Capital Gains Tax in order to encourage the building of social housing on rural exception sites.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL3570 question first answered 05/12/2016 16:41:46 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

646551

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Rural Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to look at reform of the rollover relief provisions for Capital Gains Tax to encourage the building of social housing on rural exception sites; and if so, what are those plans.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government currently has no plans to reform the income tax relief system or rollover relief provisions for Capital Gains Tax in order to encourage the building of social housing on rural exception sites.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL3569 question first answered 05/12/2016 16:41:45 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

646586

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Thames Tideway Tunnel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which raising of funds by Thames Water with a Cayman Islands registered company to finance the Thames Tideway Tunnel and ongoing expenditure complies with government policies on tax avoidance and the use of offshore havens by UK corporations.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL3604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government is unable to comment on the tax affairs of individual companies.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has always been clear that companies must pay the right amount of tax on their UK activities. HM Revenue and Customs works to ensure that all taxpayers comply with their obligations under the UK’s tax code and pay the right amount of tax. The UK levies corporation tax on the basis of the profits generated by the economic activity and assets held in the UK, regardless of the location of the company’s legal structure. The Government has taken action – both internationally and domestically – to align the taxation of profits with economic activity.</p><p> </p><p>In line with this objective, the Government confirmed at Autumn Statement 2016 that the UK will proceed with a measure to cap the amount of tax relief that large businesses can claim for their interest expense at 30% of UK earnings, effective from 1 April 2017. The new corporate interest restriction rules are consistent with the internationally agreed OECD recommendations from the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project. The rules will include provisions to protect investment in infrastructure that have a public benefit and do not give rise to a BEPS risk.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 07/12/2016 12:54:13 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

647061

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Insurance: Competition
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 level of support the prudential regulatory regime provides to ensure the competitiveness of the UK insurance industry.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	55040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>The UK insurance industry is the largest in Europe and the third largest in the world. The government is aware of the important contribution of insurance to the nation’s economy and is keen to ensure the industry remains competitive. The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) is the independent regulator for major insurance firms in the UK, with a general objective to promote the safety and soundness of the firms it regulates.</p><p> </p><p>The government continues to improve competitiveness and encourage growth in the sector. For example, as announced in the Autumn Statement, the government is consulting on draft regulations which will introduce a competitive regulatory and tax regime for Insurance Linked Securities in the UK. The regulations are designed to allow the UK to compete in this innovative area and will enhance our position as a global insurance hub.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 01/12/2016 16:13:13 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

647063

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Privatisation
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 implications for his Department's policies of the report published in May 2016 by We Own It and the New Economics Foundation, entitled Future profits vs short term cash: What's at stake in the Great British sell off.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	55045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>Where there is no longer a strong policy reason for continued public ownership or where there is potential for an asset to operate more sensibly and efficiently in the private sector, the Government will look into the potential sale of public sector assets. Asset sales help achieve stronger public finances, reduce national debt and encourage economic growth through investment. The Government is committed to ensuring the effective and efficient management of publicly owned assets and keeps ownership of all assets under review.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/12/2016 15:57:41 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

647064

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Flood Control: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of developing capital and revenue funding for flood risk management projects to local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	55089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>This is answered on the basis that ‘developing’ should read ‘devolving’ in the question above: such that the question refers to the potential to devolve flood risk management funding for England to local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Government targets flood risk management funding to minimise household risk and wider economic impacts; and this requires a national perspective on the allocation of grants.</p><p> </p><p>However, local areas already provide significant input into flood risk management in their area: with local authorities, internal drainage boards, Regional Flood and Coastal Committees and the Environment Agency area teams deciding which flood defence improvement schemes to build and promote into the national capital programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is the lead government department for flooding policy.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 01/12/2016 15:51:07 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

647065

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the timetable is for VAT no longer to be applicable on women's sanitary products.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	55090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2016 answer text <p>As outlined in the Finance Bill debate earlier this year, the UK continues to push for a VAT zero-rate for women’s sanitary products at the EU level to enable us to introduce it at the earliest opportunity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/12/2016 13:33:10 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

647066

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs posts there were in (a) Fermanagh and South Tyrone and (b) West Tyrone constituencies in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
tabling member printed	Tom Elliott
uin	55006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>Between 2006 and 2008 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) carried out a Regional Review Programme (RRP) designed to take forward the consolidation of its estate and the relocation of staff nationwide in line with business plans. The economic climate and changing customer demands meant that HMRC had to become leaner and more efficient.</p><p> </p><p>At the outset of the RRP, HMRC had in the region of 600 staffed offices. Around 100 of these were classed as specialist sites such as ports or docks which had to be retained and were outside the review process. By December 2008, HMRC had published decisions on the future of these buildings - 258 would be vacated and 235 would be retained</p><p> </p><p>The number of HMRC posts in Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency in 2007-08 was 71. At the end of October 2016 the number of posts in this constituency was 33.</p><p> </p><p>Since the formation of HMRC there has not been an HMRC office situated in the West Tyrone constituency.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/12/2016 15:31:20 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4367 label Biography information for Tom Elliott

647067

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Oxford-Cambridge Arc
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 3.14 of the Autumn Statement 2016, when he plans that the recommendations of the National Infrastructure Commission on investment in the Cambridge-Milton Keynes-Oxford corridor will be implemented.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	55043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>The government welcomes the National Infrastructure Commission’s report on the Oxford – Milton Keynes – Cambridge corridor.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Statement, we committed to £27 million of development funding for the Oxford to Cambridge Expressway, £100 million of accelerated investment in the western section of East West Rail, and £10 million of development funding for the central section of East West Rail.</p><p> </p><p>The government also welcomes the NIC’s work to look at a range of delivery models for housing and transport in the corridor, including development corporations, and will carefully consider its recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>Further announcements will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/12/2016 15:56:24 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

647068

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
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, how many and which public telephone lines operated by HM Revenue and Customs are 0345 lines; how many calls have been made to those lines in the last 12 months for which data is available; what the average duration of calls was to each such line; and how much was charged to all callers using each such line.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	55079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes some performance data at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-plan-indicators.</p><p> </p><p>The information in respect of the 0345 public telephone lines is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of calls - 12 months to end of June 2016</p></td><td><p>Average Duration of Calls mins:secs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0345 300 3900</p></td><td><p>Tax Credits Helpline</p></td><td><p>19,310,874</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0345 300 3941</p></td><td><p>Tax Credit Childcare Provider</p></td><td><p>86,676</p></td><td><p>07:46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0345 300 3943</p></td><td><p>Tax Credit Agent Line</p></td><td><p>123,767</p></td><td><p>05:45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0345 300 3944</p></td><td><p>Tax Credit - Local Authority</p></td><td><p>85,538</p></td><td><p>03:11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0345 300 3946</p></td><td><p>Tax Credits - Intermediaries</p></td><td><p>61,795</p></td><td><p>09:52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0345 302 1429</p></td><td><p>Tax Credits Payment Line</p></td><td><p>1,583,067</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0345 366 7820</p></td><td><p>Orderline - Bulk Order</p></td><td><p>11,308</p></td><td><p>03:07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0345 600 4270</p></td><td><p>NIN State Pension Top Up</p></td><td><p>31,894</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Where the information in the table is shown as “Not Available”, this is because customers calling the number are transferred to the correct Department based on the spoken reason for call, rather than the number dialed. Calls cannot be tracked by dialed number through this platform, but can be tracked on some of the simpler helplines. The overall line of business call waiting and handling times is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-plan-indicators</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not hold information on the cost to customers of calls to its helplines because the cost will vary depending on the call package that a customer has with their telephony provider.</p><p> </p><p>Phone charges are the responsibility of OfCom; full details of costs can be found on their website at <a href="http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/phone/how-much-does-a-phone-call-really-cost/" target="_blank">http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/phone/how-much-does-a-phone-call-really-cost/</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/12/2016 15:34:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead