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1107763

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Regional Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount of regional aid not subject to the Barnett formula (a) was for each year since 2009 and (b) is projected to be in each year for which information is available for (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales, (iii) Northern Ireland and (iv) each region of England.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	238660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>A detailed breakdown of the block grant funding for each of the devolved administrations is available in the Block Grant Transparency publication which is available on line at:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/block-grant-transparency-december-2018</p><p> </p><p>This recently developed publication sets out how the block grants for the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and a Northern Ireland Executive have been calculated during the 2015 Spending Review period.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to the publication of the Block Grant Transparency document, the Annual Reports of the Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Offices each contained data relating to the composition of the block grants.</p><p>No funding has been provided to English regions outside the scope of the Barnett Formula.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 03/04/2019 13:21:06 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1123422

registered interest
date	26/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2019 to Question 243425, what proportion of the £8.8 billion his Department estimates will be paid into the apprenticeship levy between 2019 and 2022 will be spent on apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	248034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The Apprenticeship Levy was introduced on a UK wide basis from 6 April 2017. Employers are charged at 0.5% of their pay bill over £3 million. In 2018-19, £2.7 billion was raised from the levy.</p><p> </p><p>Employers’ levy funds are distinct from the Department for Education’s ring-fenced apprenticeship budget, which is set to fund apprenticeships in England only. The budget has been set in advance for the current spending review period (to 2019-20). The budget was £2.2 billion for the 2018-19 financial year and it will rise to over £2.5 billion in 2019-20 – double what was spent on apprenticeships in 2010. Currently, we expect to remain within budget in the 2018/19 and 2019/20 financial years. The programme budgets for 2020/21 and beyond will be determined by the forthcoming Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>The apprenticeship budget is used to fund new apprenticeship starts in levy and non-levy paying employers and to cover the ongoing costs of apprentices that are already in training. A detailed breakdown of spending for 2018-19 will be published in the Education and Skills Funding Agency Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 248036 question first answered 30/04/2019 14:22:49 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1123425

registered interest
date	26/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to run a budget (a) surplus or (b) deficit for the apprenticeship levy in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021 and (iv) 2022; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	248036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The Apprenticeship Levy was introduced on a UK wide basis from 6 April 2017. Employers are charged at 0.5% of their pay bill over £3 million. In 2018-19, £2.7 billion was raised from the levy.</p><p> </p><p>Employers’ levy funds are distinct from the Department for Education’s ring-fenced apprenticeship budget, which is set to fund apprenticeships in England only. The budget has been set in advance for the current spending review period (to 2019-20). The budget was £2.2 billion for the 2018-19 financial year and it will rise to over £2.5 billion in 2019-20 – double what was spent on apprenticeships in 2010. Currently, we expect to remain within budget in the 2018/19 and 2019/20 financial years. The programme budgets for 2020/21 and beyond will be determined by the forthcoming Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>The apprenticeship budget is used to fund new apprenticeship starts in levy and non-levy paying employers and to cover the ongoing costs of apprentices that are already in training. A detailed breakdown of spending for 2018-19 will be published in the Education and Skills Funding Agency Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 248034 question first answered 30/04/2019 14:22:49 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1123039

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2019 to Question 244194, whether his Department makes an assessment of the national insurance contributions of SMEs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	247778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>It is not possible to produce a timely estimate of the National Insurance Contributions of SMEs as the information is not readily available.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 30/04/2019 14:09:47 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1123104

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mortgages: Private Rented Housing
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 effect of taxation and mortgage relief changes for buy to let property on the reported increase in the number of properties that are holiday lets; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	247662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>In Budget 2017 the Chancellor announced a restriction to the relief available for finance costs for residential landlords. The restriction is being phased in over 4 years and ensures that relief for finance costs is only available at the basic rate of income tax. The restriction makes the tax system fairer by ensuring landlords with higher incomes no longer receive the most generous tax treatment.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC estimates that only one in five landlords will pay more tax as a result of this measure, once it is fully implemented. Self-assessment data for the relevant years is not yet available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 30/04/2019 13:54:53 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1123138

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2019 to Question 244196 on Treasury: Gender Impact Assessment, whether he will publish the guidance on equality impact assessments available on HMRC’s intranet.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	247779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The guidance on equality impact assessments is intended for the internal HMRC use only and is there to assist policy and other HMRC staff to identify whether there are any equality issues to consider, including regarding gender. GOV.UK only contains guidance that is relevant to HMRC’s customers for example, guidance relating to tax policy. As the guidance on equality impact assessments is not intended for, nor relevant to, customers, HMRC do not publish it on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 30/04/2019 14:02:08 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1123151

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the consultation on proposals for using and allocating the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will be published.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	247743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>Further details on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will be announced following the Spending Review and the Government will consult widely on the fund.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 30/04/2019 12:24:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1123222

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government's analysis concurs with the finding of credit rating agency DBRS that the UK economy could withstand the UK leaving the EU without a deal with its AAA rating intact.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	247653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The government has not assessed the recent report by credit rating agency DBRS. DBRS is an independent organisation. Their analysis and reporting of the UK economy represents their own views.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 30/04/2019 16:15:33 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1123223

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	PAYE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what legislative time conditions are in place for employers to report employees' earnings to HMRC; and what powers HMRC has to penalise employers who do not meet those conditions.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	247732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text Employers are required to report to HMRC any relevant payments made to its employees and deductions made on their behalf, on or before the employee’s payday, under Regulation 67B Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003. There are some exceptions to this obligation, which are set out under Regulation 67D.<p> </p><p>Late filed returns may be subject to penalties under Schedule 55 Finance Act 2009.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 30/04/2019 14:09:45 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1123255

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many promoters of tax avoidance schemes have complied with their obligations under the disclosure of tax avoidance scheme in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	247724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>Information about disclosures of tax avoidance schemes between 2010 and 2014 is available on GOV.UK. Data is recorded on a ‘scheme’ rather than promoter basis. Since 2014, over 60 schemes have been disclosed under DOTAS.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) DOTAS Taskforce was set up to ensure compliance with the DOTAS regime. The team review all intelligence information, taking appropriate action where avoidance risks are identified.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has taken litigation action against 10 businesses that it considers to be avoidance scheme promoters for failure to disclose under the DOTAS regime, with around 20 others deciding to disclose to avoid litigation. Of the 10 cases, 6 have been heard before a tribunal and in each of the 3 decisions received so far, all have confirmed HMRC’s view that the schemes were disclosable, with decisions awaited in a further three cases. Further cases will be litigated in the year ahead.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 30/04/2019 14:07:32 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd