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1542901

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether UK National Minimum Wage resource has been dedicated to the maritime sector.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	88940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>All businesses, irrespective of size or business sector, are responsible for paying the correct minimum wage to their staff. HMRC does not stand for anyone failing to meet their obligation to pay at least the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>As of March 2022 HMRC had 390 full time equivalent National Minimum Wage (NMW) officers in post. NMW officers work across all sectors in the UK, including the maritime sector, undertaking targeted activity where they identify a potential risk.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC takes seriously and considers all complaints received, if anyone thinks they are not receiving at least the minimum wage, they can contact Acas, in confidence, on 0300 123 1100 or submit a query online:  <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fpay-and-work-rights-complaints(opens%2520in%2520a%2520new%2520tab)&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cnavjot.sidhu%40hmrc.gov.uk%7C6a5c95c7d9b7462bd17108dac88cdb52%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C638042804536011372%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=cEx4aHLHf%2F3ToatN1m4ug7ICVibzjmEMs2OldWzzUcw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pay-and-work-rights-complaints</em></a>.  HMRC also welcomes information from third parties, if any person or organisation has information about potential NMW breaches they can get in touch with us via GOV.UK by searching “pay and work rights complaints”.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/11/2022 15:54:27 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1489696

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Airports: Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has received recent representations on the provision of HMRC employment data to airports for the purpose of facilitating employment checks.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	37560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>HMRC has received representation from the industry and is working closely with the Department of Transport. HMRC has provided support and guidance to the industry that allows employees to present their employment history to prospective employers and, on Monday 25 July, will enhance the employment history service within the Personal Tax Account to make the process easier. HMRC has an equivalent process for those customers unable to use the digital service.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 20/07/2022 16:55:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1459114

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2022 to Question 145936, on Shipping: Minimum Wage, how many inspections of businesses HMRC has undertaken to ensure that seafarers and other maritime persons who work or ordinarily work in the UK or in UK territorial waters are paid the national minimum wage.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	157434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) receives it.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will not hesitate to take action to ensure that workers receive what they are legally entitled to and continue to crack down on employers who ignore the law. Since 2015, HMRC have secured over £115 million for more than 1.1 million workers.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC considers all complaints from workers. If anyone thinks they are not receiving at least the minimum wage, they can contact Acas, in confidence, on: 0300 123 1100, or report their employer online here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fminimum-wage-complaint&amp;data=05%7C01%7CBethany.Douce%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7C76e1801db8ee4a434db008da283537e6%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637866506274084929%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=u4MQrBl9nnQuqvzamyWeyWnc9%2FdzuqLpl9Brg8B2EKs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/minimum-wage-complaint</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not just rely on complaints. They also undertake proactive enforcement activities, such as selecting cases for investigation based on their own risk modelling and undertaking outreach activities to help employers understand their obligations and making sure workers know their rights. Alongside this, they consider all intelligence and/or information shared with them.</p><p> </p><p>When HMRC investigates for potential NMW breaches, they look at the whole workforce for an employer. Between the 2015-16 financial year and the 2021-22 financial year, they carried out 18 investigations into employers working in the maritime sector.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC deploy resources to risk, flexing deployment to respond to complaints from workers and using their own detailed risk identification processes to assess and respond to the level of risk in a sector.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 October 2020, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy changed the law so that seafarers, and other maritime persons, who work or ordinarily work in the UK or in UK territorial waters (generally 12 nautical miles from the seashore) are generally entitled to NMW. This is regardless of where the vessel is registered or whether the worker ordinarily resides in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has worked with maritime worker representatives and employers to raise awareness of the new NMW legislation that came into force on 1 October 2020. HMRC have written to employers in the maritime sector, asking them to check that they are paying all their workers the correct minimum wage and pointing them to available guidance.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 157447 question first answered 27/04/2022 14:19:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1459263

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many vessels the HMRC has assessed for compliance with the minimum wage; and what resources HMRC has allocated to undertaking those compliance assessments.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	157447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) receives it.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will not hesitate to take action to ensure that workers receive what they are legally entitled to and continue to crack down on employers who ignore the law. Since 2015, HMRC have secured over £115 million for more than 1.1 million workers.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC considers all complaints from workers. If anyone thinks they are not receiving at least the minimum wage, they can contact Acas, in confidence, on: 0300 123 1100, or report their employer online here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fminimum-wage-complaint&amp;data=05%7C01%7CBethany.Douce%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7C76e1801db8ee4a434db008da283537e6%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637866506274084929%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=u4MQrBl9nnQuqvzamyWeyWnc9%2FdzuqLpl9Brg8B2EKs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/minimum-wage-complaint</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not just rely on complaints. They also undertake proactive enforcement activities, such as selecting cases for investigation based on their own risk modelling and undertaking outreach activities to help employers understand their obligations and making sure workers know their rights. Alongside this, they consider all intelligence and/or information shared with them.</p><p> </p><p>When HMRC investigates for potential NMW breaches, they look at the whole workforce for an employer. Between the 2015-16 financial year and the 2021-22 financial year, they carried out 18 investigations into employers working in the maritime sector.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC deploy resources to risk, flexing deployment to respond to complaints from workers and using their own detailed risk identification processes to assess and respond to the level of risk in a sector.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 October 2020, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy changed the law so that seafarers, and other maritime persons, who work or ordinarily work in the UK or in UK territorial waters (generally 12 nautical miles from the seashore) are generally entitled to NMW. This is regardless of where the vessel is registered or whether the worker ordinarily resides in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has worked with maritime worker representatives and employers to raise awareness of the new NMW legislation that came into force on 1 October 2020. HMRC have written to employers in the maritime sector, asking them to check that they are paying all their workers the correct minimum wage and pointing them to available guidance.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 157434 question first answered 27/04/2022 14:19:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1458736

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Airports: PAYE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC have withdrawn personal statement PAYE validation services for airport staff awaiting security clearance.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	156539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text HMRC has not withdrawn any such services and continues to make employment history available to any employee. This can be found through the HMRC app: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-official-hmrc-app/the-free-hmrc-app" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-official-hmrc-app/the-free-hmrc-app</a> and the employee’s digital Personal Tax Account: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/personal-tax-account" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/personal-tax-account</a>. There are also arrangements in place to support those unable to access their digital tax account. HMRC would be happy to investigate any specific claims where it appears that such services have been withdrawn. answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 27/04/2022 15:35:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1453741

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Shipping: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what powers HMRC has to enforce the National Minimum Wage on vessels operating out of UK ports.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	145936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>HMRC enforces the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) in line with the law and policy set out by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).</p><p> </p><p>The National Minimum Wage Act 1998 enables HMRC to enforce NMW across all business sectors in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Act provides HMRC officers with a number of powers to enforce the NMW, including: the power to inspect records; enforcing payment of arrears of NMW by issuing a Notice of Underpayment; charging penalties of up to 200% of the arrears; and for the most serious cases (involving obstruction, falsifying of documents or wilful failure to pay workers the NMW) referring cases for prosecution to the Crown Prosecution Service.</p><p> </p><p>Since 1 October 2020, following a change in the law, seafarers and other maritime persons who work or ordinarily work in the UK or in UK territorial waters (generally 12 nautical miles from the seashore) are generally entitled to NMW.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/04/2022 13:24:50 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1304592

registered interest
date	22/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Iron and Steel: Import Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland's evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee of 20 January 2021 on the Work of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Q100, HC 264, whether the Government plans to publish guidance for businesses on steel tariffs.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	173086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>On the issue of steel movements into Northern Ireland, the Government wrote to affected businesses in January and published guidance on 3 March.</p><p> </p><p>This guidance is available online: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reference-document-for-the-customs-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2020/the-steel-notice" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reference-document-for-the-customs-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2020/the-steel-notice</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/03/2021 15:18:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1255962

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs Declaration Services Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contingency plans are in place in the event that the Customs Declaration Service is not fully operational on 1 January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	121300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The changes required to the Customs Declaration Service to facilitate Northern Ireland’s trade with Great Britain and the Rest of the World have been in the trade test environment since 15 October and are on track to be implemented in December.</p><p> </p><p>External readiness remains the most significant challenge to successful delivery, and the Government has procured the Trader Support Service to mitigate trader readiness challenges. This is a free service to support businesses with the new administrative process under the Northern Ireland Protocol.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/12/2020 15:51:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1255968

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
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, when traders will be provided with details on what data to input into the Trader Support Service to ensure that goods can continue to move on 1 January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	121302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>When traders register with the Trader Support Service they will receive support and guidance on what the Protocol means for them. This will include the steps they need to take to comply with the Protocol.</p><p> </p><p>The Trader Support Service will support traders to understand the information they will need to collect about their goods, including their description, value and any supporting documentation required. HMRC and the consortium are currently finalising technical details on how the declaration service will operate, and will be setting out the specifics of how information should be provided via the TSS shortly.</p><p> </p><p>The service will then use this information to complete import and safety and security declarations on behalf of trader users. Where a business uses the TSS to complete these they will not need access to HMRC systems, such as CDS or ICS, themselves.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/12/2020 15:28:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1255973

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
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, whether the Trader Support Service will provide assistance on (a) SPS checks and (b) the transiting of Northern Ireland to Great Britain goods via Dublin port.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	121304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The Trader Support Scheme will offer core services focusing on both trader education and the completion of customs processes.</p><p> </p><p>• In relation to trader education, the Service will:</p><p>o educate businesses on what the Protocol means for them, and the steps they need to take to comply with them (including getting relevant Economic Operators Registration and Identification (EORI) numbers)</p><p>o support businesses developing processes to accurately provide the Trader Support Service with all the information it needs to submit declarations on their behalf (including information on the ‘risk’ status of the goods)</p><p>o advise businesses on the additional documents/licences that they will need (for example, a permit is needed to import endangered species (CITES) goods).</p><p>• In relation to completing processes, the Service will:</p><p>o submit relevant declarations into CDS (and hold the necessary authorisations required for simplified declarations)</p><p>o submit relevant safety and security declarations into HMRC’s Import Control System (ICS)</p><p> </p><p>The Trader Support Service will be able to help all traders who need the service, regardless of size and at no additional cost, to support businesses with changes to trade under the Northern Ireland Protocol.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/12/2020 15:25:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh