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809598

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Land Use
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes to taxation and other fiscal policies the Government plans to make to incentivise the productive regeneration and reuse of vacant and derelict land in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	120248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The government is focusing on measures to address unused sites such as incentivising the development of derelict land through Land Remediation Relief. Also, to ensure that our brownfield and scarce urban land is used as efficiently as possible, the government will consult on introducing policy changes to make it easier to convert underused retail and employment land into housing.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 08/01/2018 16:47:47 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

444923

registered interest
date	14/01/2016
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 government assets and services have been privatised in each year since 2010; what the pre-sale valuation was of each such asset or service; and what income was generated by each such privatisation.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	22513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>The proceeds obtained from government asset sales that are listed for the financial years 2010-15 can be obtained from the “Summer Budget 2015 data sources”, p20, which is available here, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443273/Data_sources_-_Summer_Budget_2015.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443273/Data_sources_-_Summer_Budget_2015.pdf</a></p><br /><p>Announcements are available on gov.uk for sales since Summer Budget 2015 of RBS, Royal Mail, former Northern Rock mortgages and further sales of Lloyds Banking Group shares.</p><br /> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/01/2016 11:42:17 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

222377

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals and companies have been prosecuted for tax evasion in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
uin	224576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) is not a prosecuting authority. Where cases do proceed to the criminal courts the prosecution is carried out by the relevant independent prosecuting authority. This is the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in England and Wales, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) in Scotland, and the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPSNI). Prosecutions for criminal offences are only instigated against individuals, not companies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Government has invested over £917million over this Parliament which has seen the volume of mass market evasion prosecutions implemented as a result of HMRC Criminal Investigations increase fivefold.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below shows all prosecutions arising from HMRC criminal investigations including those for money laundering, other prohibitions and restrictions and other non-fiscal offences.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Total number of persons prosecuted as a result of HMRC Criminal Investigations</td></tr><tr><td>2010-11</td><td>420</td></tr><tr><td>2011-12</td><td>545</td></tr><tr><td>2012-13</td><td>770</td></tr><tr><td>2013-14</td><td>915</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table excludes cases prosecuted for money laundering, other prohibitions and restrictions and other non-fiscal offences as included in the table above and shows prosecutions for tax evasion offences only.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Total number of persons prosecuted for tax evasion as result of HMRC Criminal Investigations</td></tr><tr><td>2010-11</td><td>372</td></tr><tr><td>2011-12</td><td>501</td></tr><tr><td>2012-13</td><td>739</td></tr><tr><td>2013-14</td><td>880</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC is not able to supply a time series of full year prosecution decisions and convictions resulting from their criminal investigations for years up to 2009–10. Complete, comparable data is only available from 2010–11 onwards.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 23/03/2015 17:33:30 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

222404

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance and Evasion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in HM Revenue and Customs have been assigned to deal with (a) pursuing cases of tax evasion and (b) investigating tax avoidance schemes in each of the last four financial years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
uin	224575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) allocates resources in a flexible manner, so that it maximises performance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the structure and organisation of HM Revenue and Customs is available at</p><p> </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> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/03/2015 17:11:48 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

222415

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Landlords: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the effect on revenues to the Exchequer of buy-to-let landlords (a) being able to offset their bank interest against taxable income, (b) claiming the 10 per cent wear and tear allowance and (c) minimising their exposure to capital gains tax on the sale of properties by use of allowances or reliefs in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
uin	224674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 27/02/2015 13:06:53 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

49212

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which meetings or telephone calls have taken place between Ministers and officials in his Department and (a) the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, (b) BlackRock, (c) Capital Research, (d) Fidelity Worldwide, (e) GIC, (f) Henderson, (g) JP Morgan, (h) Kuwait Investment Office, (i) Lansdowne Partners, (j) Lazard Asset Management, (k) Och Ziff, Schroders, (l) Soros, (m) Standard Life, (n) Third Point and (o) Threadneedle since 2010 and what was discussed in any such discussions.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
uin	197329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p><p> </p><p>Details of officials' meetings with external organisations are not held centrally and it would entail disproportionate cost to collate this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain