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1681928

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Fujitsu
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which computer systems used by His Majesty's Revenue and Customs have been supplied by Fujitsu since 2000.
tabling member constituency	West Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Harriett Baldwin
uin	9513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>I understand that the honourable member has written in similar terms to Jim Harra (Permanent Secretary at HMRC) in her capacity as Chair of the Treasury Select Committee and that Jim Harra will be responding in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 23/01/2024 16:53:29 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin

1681930

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Trader Support Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the technology used in HMRC's trader support service system; and if he will require the implementation of an urgent independent assessment of the performance of that technology since it was introduced.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	9440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>The Trader Support Service (TSS) is operating smoothly and consistently. To date, over 54.5K businesses have registered for the TSS and more than 40.5K of those businesses regularly use it. The service has processed over 1.25m goods movements, involving more than 4.6m consignments, playing an important role in ensuring the free flow of goods within the UK’s internal market.</p><p> </p><p>Governance structures are in place to review the TSS’ performance and IT functionality to ensure it continues to meet its intended purpose. HMRC also monitors customer satisfaction scores, customer feedback and management information to continuously improve the service. The customer satisfaction score in 2023 was 85%.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 18/01/2024 16:45:54 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1682045

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme on investment in early-stage British-owned businesses.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	9508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement 2023, the Government published the report of an independent evaluation of the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), conducted in 2022. The evaluation explored the impact of the SEIS in meeting its policy objectives and found evidence that it was appropriately designed to mobilise additional investment in start-ups and early-stage companies from private investors, providing those businesses with valuable funding for business development and innovation that would otherwise be difficult to find from other sources. The full report can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-venture-capital-schemes" target="_blank">Evaluation of Venture Capital Schemes - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 23/01/2024 11:36:51 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

1682047

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Video Games: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many games studios have benefited from Video Games Tax Relief since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	9510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>HMRC publishes information on the number of companies that claim Video Games Tax Relief on an annual basis. The latest figures include data up to the 2021-2022 tax year.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-august-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-august-2023</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 23/01/2024 11:40:22 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

1682048

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Video Games: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of Video Games Tax Relief on inward investment into the UK video games industry.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	9511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text HMRC commissioned an independent evaluation of Video Games Tax Relief (VGTR) which included an assessment of the impact on inward investment. The findings can be found here:<p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/video-game-tax-relief-evaluation" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/video-game-tax-relief-evaluation</em></a><em>.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 23/01/2024 11:34:41 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

1682196

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Theatre: Corporation Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Government’s draft legislative changes to part 15C of the Corporation Tax Act 2009 on (a) jobs and (b) new productions in the theatre sector; and if he will meet UK Theatre and the Society of London Theatre to discuss those changes.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	9669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>HMRC has published two information notes on Administrative changes to the creative industry tax reliefs and, Clarifications of the rules for cultural tax reliefs. These notes include impacts of the changes and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/creative-industry-tax-reliefs-administrative-changes/administrative-changes-to-the-creative-industry-tax-reliefs" target="_blank">Administrative changes to the creative industry tax reliefs - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clarifications-of-the-rules-for-cultural-tax-reliefs" target="_blank">Clarifications of the rules for cultural tax reliefs - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Officials held a meeting with Society of London Theatre to discuss the theatre tax relief draft legislative changes on 23 November 2023.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 18/01/2024 16:48:56 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1681809

registered interest
date	12/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the income to the public purse was for VAT payments from Northern Ireland in each of the last five years, broken down by sector.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Ian Paisley
uin	9347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. HM Revenue and Customs holds data for VAT receipts disaggregated between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland up to the financial year 2018-2019 but not beyond this date and not on a sector breakdown basis. There are ONS statistics on the VAT that could be attributed to Northern Ireland for later years, but again this cannot be broken down by sector.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/01/2024 17:23:38 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4129 label Biography information for Ian Paisley

1681646

registered interest
date	11/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Families: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing taxes for families.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Dehenna Davison
uin	9295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to keeping taxes low to support individuals and families to keep more of what they earn.</p><p> </p><p>This is why the Government has nearly doubled the income tax Personal Allowance since 2010 (30% higher in real terms), ensuring some of the lowest earners do not pay income tax. Thanks to the Personal Allowance, around 30% of individuals do not pay tax.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, at the Autumn Statement, the Government announced a National Insurance contributions cut for 29 million working people by reducing the main NICs rate from 12% to 10%. This came into effect on 6 January and will result in a £450 annual tax cut for the average worker earning £35,400.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all tax policy under review and any decisions on future changes will be taken by the Chancellor in the context of wider public finances.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 17/01/2024 15:29:55 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison

1681071

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Orchestras: Tax Allowances
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 orchestras that will benefit from the extension of the higher rates of relief for the Orchestra Tax Relief announced in the Spring Budget.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	8934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of orchestras that will benefit from the extension of the higher rates of relief for the Orchestra Tax Relief can be found in HMRC’s Creative Industries Statistics:</p><p> </p><p><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-august-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-august-2023</a></em> (Table 7.1)</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 15/01/2024 16:26:43 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1681074

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of people who have indicated that they want to make contributions to fill gaps in their state pension contributions are waiting to be informed of the (a) amount they should pay and (b) code required to make that payment as of 10 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	8959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the replies given to him on 13<sup>th</sup> November 2023 (UIN748) and to the Honourable Member for North East Fife on 15<sup>th</sup> November 2023 (UIN498).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 15/01/2024 16:24:43 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma