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777718

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been registered as self-employed in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	109560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The answer is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Tax year</p></td><td><p>Number of individuals (thousands)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>4,640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>4,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>4,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>4,890</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>4,880</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>5,110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>5,490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>5,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>5,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>5,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes on the Table</p><p>Individuals are included here according to whether they completed Sole Trader and/or Partnership schedules in the Self Assessment Main Tax Return, or if they completed relevant parts of a Short Tax Return. Such information is required for all sole traders, and for all shares in partnerships, trading at any time in the tax year.</p><p> </p><p>These estimates are taken from published National Statistics table 3.10, part of HMRC’s Personal Incomes Statistics, for which 2014-15 is the latest available tax year.</p><p> </p><p>The Personal Incomes Statistics are based on the annual Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI), which is based on sample data. As is the case with the published Personal Incomes Statistics, these figures are statistical estimates and will be subject to sampling variation.</p><p> </p><p>For more information about the SPI, please refer to:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-incomes-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-incomes-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 30/10/2017 15:20:44 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

756032

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the treatment of electric vehicles with a list price of more than £40,000 under the new vehicle excise duty system on the uptake of electric vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	7434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>We do not yet have data on how many electric vehicles have been registered since 1 April 2017, the date from which the new VED system applies. However, 5,274 battery electric cars were registered in the first four months of 2017, compared to 10,242 in the whole of 2016.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/09/2017 10:04:19 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

752891

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Personal Injury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to review the workings of the Personal Injury Discount Scheme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	5554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is considering how to respond to the consultation. It would not be appropriate to comment until a decision has been made on the way ahead.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/07/2017 13:26:16 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

750818

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Yields: Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the return to the public purse has been of (a) Fixed Odds Betting Terminals and (b) other forms of gambling in the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	4390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Total receipts from Betting and Gaming duties are published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p>A separate breakdown for revenue from Fixed Odds Betting Terminals is not available.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 17/07/2017 11:52:19 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

748055

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	VAT: Charities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether air ambulance charities are required to pay VAT on their purchases.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	2979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Air ambulance charities, like most organisations and individuals, are required to pay VAT on their taxable purchases. The VAT refund scheme allows air ambulance charities to receive refunds of VAT.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/07/2017 08:57:08 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson