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1490411

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in HM Revenue and Customs held electronic purchasing cards that allowed them to make purchases against that Department's budget as of 31 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	38571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text 184 people within HMRC held electronic purchasing cards as at the 31 March 2022. answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/07/2022 08:58:25 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1486072

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the speech by the Brexit Opportunities Minister to the Policy That Works Conference on 1 March 2022, if he will publish examples of late payment letters issued by HM Revenue and Customs where Romanised words were replaced with Anglo-Saxon words to improve comprehension by taxpayers.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	29974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>HMRC is doing a great deal of work to make letters easier for customers to read and understand. This is part of the commitment in the HMRC Charter to make its services accessible, easy, and quick to use.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has produced guidelines for its staff for writing to customers. The guidelines focus on avoiding unnecessarily formal or complex language. This includes using shorter, simpler Anglo-Saxon words rather than their more formal Romanised equivalents. For example, ‘need’, rather than ‘require’; ‘give’ rather than ‘provide’; and ‘help’ rather than ‘assist’.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is also investing in writing skills training for staff to continue to improve the quality of customer letters across the department.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has no plans to publish its standard letters as there are several thousands of them, the majority of which are tailored to specific circumstances.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/07/2022 14:44:43 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1454973

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what annual (a) expenditure has been allocated for the cost of implementing his Department’s Tax Administration Strategy reforms and (b) return to the Exchequer is forecast to result from that investment.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	148090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>At the recent Spending Review the government provided HMRC with funding to deliver the government’s ambition to build a modern digital tax and customs system as part of its Tax Administration Strategy.</p><p>Over the 3-year Spending Review period, HMRC will build on the success of the Making Tax Digital programme, helping to make tax simpler for businesses, reduce the scope for errors, and deliver the Single Customer Account, which will create a simpler, faster and better customer experience, allowing taxpayers to see and manage all their tax affairs in one place.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC was also given funding to modernise its IT systems and improve the quality, resilience and security of its digital services. This funding will reduce the risk of system failures, enhance the department’s ability to defend against cyberattacks and support the continued digitisation and modernisation of the tax system. It will also transform the way HMRC procures IT, creating more opportunities for smaller businesses to compete for contracts and deliver greater technological innovation.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/03/2022 16:06:03 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1454974

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tangible benefits for UK businesses are expected to result from his Department’s Tax Administration Strategy reforms; and how he intends to (a) quantify and (b) measure the delivery of those benefits over the period of implementation.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	148091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text In July 2020, HMRC and HM Treasury published a tax administration strategy, called ‘Building a trusted, modern tax administration’, which describes the key reforms required to build a modern, digital tax system.<p><strong> </strong></p>HMRC’s Outcome Delivery Plan 2020-21, which is available on the gov.uk website, sets out how the Government will measure delivery of the priority outcomes underpinning the Tax Administration Strategy including performance metrics and measures for the impact to individuals and business. HMRC issues quarterly performance updates, which are also published on gov.uk. These report the progress made towards achieving HMRC’s priority outcomes.<p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p>The Government will shortly publish an updated Outcome Delivery Plan for 2022-23, including priority outcomes and metrics linked to the Spending Review 2021 settlement.<p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 148092 question first answered 04/04/2022 15:15:03 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1454976

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what baseline statistics he will use to measure the improvements for UK businesses resulting from his department’s Tax Administration Strategy reforms, in terms of the current administrative burdens and financial costs faced by businesses in managing their tax affairs.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	148092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text In July 2020, HMRC and HM Treasury published a tax administration strategy, called ‘Building a trusted, modern tax administration’, which describes the key reforms required to build a modern, digital tax system.<p><strong> </strong></p>HMRC’s Outcome Delivery Plan 2020-21, which is available on the gov.uk website, sets out how the Government will measure delivery of the priority outcomes underpinning the Tax Administration Strategy including performance metrics and measures for the impact to individuals and business. HMRC issues quarterly performance updates, which are also published on gov.uk. These report the progress made towards achieving HMRC’s priority outcomes.<p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p>The Government will shortly publish an updated Outcome Delivery Plan for 2022-23, including priority outcomes and metrics linked to the Spending Review 2021 settlement.<p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 148091 question first answered 04/04/2022 15:15:03 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1454977

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his objective to make tax digital for income tax self assessment, what latest estimate he has made of the numbers of UK businesses and landlords with annual business income above £100,000 who are (a) already fully converted to managing their records and payments digitally, (b) equipped to manage their records and payments digitally but not yet converted in full, and (c) not yet equipped to manage their records and payments digitally.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	148093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>HMRC research shows that 97 per cent of small businesses and landlords within the scope of Making Tax Digital (MTD) have access to a compatible device on which to operate it. For MTD for Income Tax, HMRC research shows that 52 per cent of businesses in scope incorporate spreadsheets and 22 per cent incorporate software into their recordkeeping practices. In September 2021, the Government announced businesses would have an extra year to prepare for MTD for Income Tax. Free software will be available for the smallest businesses with straightforward affairs.</p><p> </p><p>Over a third of VAT registered businesses with taxable turnover below £85,000 <del class="ministerial">have</del> <ins class="ministerial">had </ins>already voluntarily chosen to join MTD for VAT, demonstrating that a modern and digital approach to managing tax can work for businesses of every size. HMRC <del class="ministerial">research</del> <ins class="ministerial">survey data from 2020 </ins>shows that around <del class="ministerial">80</del> <ins class="ministerial">61 </ins>per cent of VAT-registered businesses below the VAT threshold already employ<ins class="ministerial"> compliant software in readiness for MTD</ins> <del class="ministerial">a digital record-keeping system</del>. Online submissions for VAT returns have been mandatory for all VAT-registered businesses since 2010.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/04/2022 15:09:26 question first ministerially corrected 22/04/2022 10:55:26 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 62455 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1454979

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his objective to make tax digital for VAT, what latest estimate he has made of the numbers of VAT-registered businesses with taxable turnover below £85,000 who are (a) already managing their records and making their returns using compliant software, (b) equipped to manage their records and make their returns using compliant software but not yet doing so, and (c) not yet equipped to manage their records and make their returns using compliant software.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	148095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>HMRC research shows that 97 per cent of small businesses and landlords within the scope of Making Tax Digital (MTD) have access to a compatible device on which to operate it. For MTD for Income Tax, HMRC research shows that 52 per cent of businesses in scope incorporate spreadsheets and 22 per cent incorporate software into their recordkeeping practices. In September 2021, the Government announced businesses would have an extra year to prepare for MTD for Income Tax. Free software will be available for the smallest businesses with straightforward affairs.</p><p> </p><p>Over a third of VAT registered businesses with taxable turnover below £85,000 have already voluntarily chosen to join MTD for VAT, demonstrating that a modern and digital approach to managing tax can work for businesses of every size. HMRC research shows that around 80 per cent of VAT-registered businesses below the VAT threshold already employ a digital record-keeping system. Online submissions for VAT returns have been mandatory for all VAT-registered businesses since 2010.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 148093 question first answered 04/04/2022 15:09:26 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1382750

registered interest
date	26/11/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there will be any change in the frequency of (a) customs, (b) sanitary and phytosanitary and (c) safety and security checks applied at UK ports in relation to exports to the EU in the weeks leading up to Christmas 2021.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	82279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>The Government’s priority is to keep goods moving and avoid delays at the border. HMRC use a risk based and intelligence-led response to compliance issues, working alongside Border Force. HMRC, Border Force and other Government departments make targeted interventions. These are based on intelligence and threat assessment and will typically involve documentary checks and physical interventions, designed, wherever possible, to avoid delaying traffic flows across the border.</p><p> </p><p>Sanitary and phytosanitary checks on products of animal origin and live animals exported to the EU do not take place at GB ports. These checks take place on arrival in the EU, with baseline rates set out in EU law.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/12/2021 13:00:11 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1365667

registered interest
date	02/11/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Exports: Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2021 to Question 62668 on Exports: Customs, what estimate he has made of the annual number of exit and entry summary declarations required for UK exports to the EU under the current EU import rules.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	68152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>Export requirements for goods leaving the UK are covered by UK rules, not EU rules. Current EU import rules therefore do not require exit summary declarations on UK exports to the EU, although they may require an entry summary declaration to be made on EU systems pre-arrival.</p><p> </p><p>Since 1 January 2021, UK requirements to submit Safety and Security Exit Summary declarations have been in place. There was a temporary waiver that ended on 30 September 2021 which applied to two categories of exports only (empty pallets, containers and vehicles moved under a transport contract to the EU, and certain Roll on Roll Off movements). Annual outturn figures are therefore not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold figures for the number of entry summary declarations required for UK exports to the EU as the management of EU import procedures is the responsibility of the customs authorities of the relevant EU Member States.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/11/2021 08:11:45 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1363306

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of customs declarations that will be required for (a) exports from Great Britain to the EU; and (b) imports from Great Britain to the EU once full border controls have been implemented.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	62667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer of 27 July 2021 to UIN 35879 which explains how such an assessment could not be made without disproportionate cost.</p><p>The annual figure pertaining to 2021 declarations will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/11/2021 15:01:00 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry