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686245

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit recipients have been naturally migrated onto universal credit since March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	63528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>Since March 2016, 52,660 tax credits recipients have naturally migrated onto Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 20/02/2017 12:29:19 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

649414

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the monthly average waiting time was related to calls to HM Revenue and Customs on universal credit in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	55888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs does not hold this information. The Department for Work and Pensions administers Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/12/2016 15:17:59 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

649421

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff of HM Revenue and Customs worked on the design and implementation of universal credit in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	55850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs has employed the following full-time equivalents to support the design and implementation of Universal Credit:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average full-time equivalents</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012 (September to March)</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17 (April to October)</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/12/2016 15:14:51 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

523251

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Disability
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 ensure that disabled people are not disproportionately affected by reductions in government expenditure.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	905206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government has protected the value of disability benefits, exempting these payments from the uprating freeze and exempting those in receipt of them from the benefit cap.</p><p> </p><p>Disability spending will be higher in every year to 2020 relative to both 2010 and to today.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/06/2016 12:58:30 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

486956

registered interest
date	24/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Landlords: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.59 of the Summer Budget 2015, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of restricting finance cost relief for landlords on the ability of private individuals who operate buy-to-let businesses with large private buy-to-let companies.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	32542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>An individual’s property income is subject to a separate set of tax rules to those of a private company.</p><p> </p><p>Once the changes are fully in place by 2020-21, all individuals will get finance cost relief at the basic rate of income tax, 20%. Incorporated businesses will continue to receive relief at the corporate tax rate which is currently 20% and due to fall to 17% in 2020.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/04/2016 14:12:16 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

386959

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
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, what recent estimate he has made of waiting times for members of the public calling the HM Revenue and Customs self assessment helpline.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	5212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs publishes regular performance reports, which are available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-plan-indicators" target="_blank">Gov.uk.</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 5213 question first answered 06/07/2015 15:47:16 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

386960

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
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, what proportion of calls to the HM Revenue and Customs self assessment helpline were abandoned without answer in each of the last three years; and what the median waiting time was for such abandoned calls.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	5213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs publishes regular performance reports, which are available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-plan-indicators" target="_blank">Gov.uk.</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 5212 question first answered 06/07/2015 15:47:16 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

386962

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken was for HM Revenue and Customs to send out self assessment tax forms and online assessment password details in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	5216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>Information on registering for a self-assessment account is set out at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/register-for-self-assessment/overview" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/register-for-self-assessment/overview</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 06/07/2015 15:40:18 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

386963

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
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 calls to the HM Revenue and Customs self-assessment helpline were (a) abandoned by callers and (b) answered after a period of (i) 15, (ii) 30 and (iii) 45 minutes in the latest year for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	5210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>In December 2014, HMRC introduced a new telephony system and the data is not held in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC publish their performance data on a quarterly basis on Gov.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 06/07/2015 15:43:01 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

386964

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
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, what discussions he has had with HM Revenue and Customs officials on improving waiting times for members of the public calling that Department's self-assessment helpline.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	5211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>Ministers regularly meet with officials as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs has allocated £45 million, supporting the recruitment of an additional 3,000 customer service staff to answer calls and deal with customer correspondence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 06/07/2015 15:52:49 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams