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1461781

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure efficient and clear communication between HMRC and Child Maintenance Service regarding tax fraud claims and investigations.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>HMRC use a wide range of data to tackle non-compliance, including tax fraud. As part of this HMRC and the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) share data to enable tax investigations, and where intelligence relates to Child Maintenance, HMRC review this for evidence of fraud. Where either HMRC or the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) receive an allegation of wrongdoing and it is pertinent to the other Department, this information will be securely disseminated to the Department for their ongoing action. This is a long-established process conducted under the relevant legal gateway.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC regularly shares data with DWP as the parent organisation for the CMS to support in administering the Child Maintenance System in Great Britain under the Welfare Reform Act.</p><p> </p><p>The information shared for use by the CMS is set out in law under the Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations 2012 and HMRC shares information relating to certain types of income specified in either the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 or the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Welfare Reform Act enables HMRC to share information at the request of DWP for certain purposes. These specific requests are to assist DWP in their activities to tackle fraud and undertake investigations. All requests of this type are dealt with via a long-standing Memorandum of Understanding that is regularly reviewed for legality, proportionality, and to ensure it is fit for purpose.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/05/2022 14:50:17 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1461783

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Refugees: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to amend the differences in funding under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme, for which local authorities receive £10,500 of integration funding per refugee, and the Ukraine Family Scheme, for which local authorities do not receive that funding.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>This government cares deeply about helping those fleeing the conflict in Ukraine. This is why we have announced two visa schemes which both support the integration of Ukrainian refugees by providing them with full access to social services and welfare in the UK for up to three years.</p><p>The Ukraine Family Scheme is similar to existing family visa routes, and provision of public services from this route will be managed in the usual way. The UK-based family member is expected to provide support and accommodation for those coming to join them, who in turn benefit from the wider integration advantages in joining an existing family network.</p><p>Homes for Ukraine on the other hand is a unique scheme that has been set up specifically to support those escaping the conflict in Ukraine who are not able to rely on family support. The government is providing additional funding to local authorities which includes resource to enable them to carry out sponsorship-specific functions such as safeguarding checks and property checks, administering payments, as well as providing support such as English language training to help their integration into communities.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke grouped question UIN 2302 question first answered 19/05/2022 17:49:25 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1461796

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax has been paid by (a) oil and gas producers over the lifetime of the UK basin and (b) month in the last 12 months by oil and gas producers operating in the UK Continental Shelf.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>Government revenues received from North Sea oil and gas operators between 1968 to 1969 and 2020 to 2021 are presented in Table 2 of HM Revenue &amp; Custom’s (HMRC) “<em>Statistics of government revenues from UK oil and gas production</em>” publication, available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/government-revenues-from-uk-oil-and-gas-production--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/government-revenues-from-uk-oil-and-gas-production--2</a></p><p> </p><p>Data for 2021 to 2022 onwards can be found in the “<em>HMRC tax receipts and National Insurance contributions for the UK</em>” tables, also available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 18/05/2022 12:41:49 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1461797

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what projection he has made of how much tax will be paid by oil and gas producers in 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>Forecasts for government revenues from oil and gas production are provided by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). Their most recent published forecast, provided for Spring Statement 2022 on 23 March, is available on the OBR website at the following link <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fobr.uk%2Fefo%2Feconomic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2022%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Csam.shirley%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7C2616a00bae16482c464308da34cba884%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637880346555307038%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=aCkkbWVrCtuthxC0HPNKjtw4qz6t8lHOBQ1dXHCSN%2BQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2022/</a>. HM Revenue and Customs publishes monthly tax receipts statistics, including for UK oil and gas production, on a cash receipts basis, at GOV.UK at the following link <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fhmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk&amp;data=05%7C01%7Csam.shirley%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7C2616a00bae16482c464308da34cba884%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637880346557962231%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=gjyDyRY5RTZHUdJAtAHy%2BgLL2a%2Fe8E25dP%2By%2FhHMqCo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 18/05/2022 12:40:37 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1461818

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
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 potential merits of increasing child-related benefits.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to managing the public finances in a disciplined and responsible way by targeting support where it is most needed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government reviews the level of child-related benefits, alongside other benefits, annually.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2022, the Government increased Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance in line with the Consumer Prices Index (3.1 per cent) for the third consecutive year. The Government also increased the child elements of Universal Credit by £7.50, to £290.00 and £244.58 per month respectively, and the maximum annual rate of the child element of child tax credit by £90, from £2845 to £2935.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that the best way to support people out of poverty is to help them get into work. A child growing up in a home where all the adults work is less likely to be in poverty than a child growing up in a home where nobody works. That is why the Government is focused on supporting people into work through the multi-billion-pound Plan for Jobs.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 20/05/2022 12:23:56 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1461820

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Productivity: Health
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 correlation between poor health and productivity.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government closely monitors a wide range of health and labour market statistics and their potential impact on UK productivity.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 20/05/2022 07:10:14 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1461833

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 26 April 2022 to Question 154192 on Child Benefit, if his department will make an assessment of the potential merits of indexing the High Income Child Benefit Charge threshold in line with inflation.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government introduced the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) to ensure that support for families is targeted at those who need it most. It applies to anyone with an individual adjusted net income over £50,000 who gets, or whose partner gets, Child Benefit. The charge increases gradually for those with incomes between £50,000 and £60,000</p><p>The Government is committed to managing the public finances in a disciplined and responsible way by targeting support where it is most needed.</p><p> </p><p>The threshold of £50,000 only affects a minority of those who get Child Benefit with comparatively high incomes. The Government has decided that the current threshold for HICBC remains the best option. As with all elements of tax policy, the threshold is kept under review as part of the Government’s annual Budget process.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/05/2022 15:54:30 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1461847

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made towards making the UK an attractive place for cryptocurrency companies to operate.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>The government set out at Fintech Week our firm ambition to make Britain a global hub for cryptoasset technology and investment. We want to ensure firms can invest, innovate and scale up in this country. And we have announced a number of reforms which will see the regulation and aspects of tax treatment of cryptoassets evolve – our clear message to cryptoasset firms is that the UK is open for business.</p><p> </p><p>These include committing to consult on a future regulatory regime later this year; legislating to bring stablecoins into payments regulation; setting up a ministerial-chaired Cryptoasset Engagement Group, bringing together key figures in industry; working with the Royal Mint to create a Non-Fungible Token; and exploring ways of enhancing the competitiveness of the UK tax system to encourage further development of the cryptoasset market in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>These commitments are in line with our objectives to create a regulatory environment in which firms can innovate, while crucially ensuring financial stability and high regulatory standards so that people can use new technologies both reliably and safely.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/05/2022 13:47:07 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1461848

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps his Department has taken to support investment in UK infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>The National Infrastructure Strategy was published in November 2020 and sets out the government’s plans for an infrastructure revolution.</p><p> </p><p>The Budget and Spending Review in October 2021 set out how the government will deliver on the commitments made in the Strategy, and went further, confirming a total of £100 billion of investment in economic infrastructure over the Spending Review period (2022/23-2024/25) to benefit every part of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The new UK Infrastructure Bank also opened for business in June 2021 and is partnering with the private sector and local governments to increase investment in infrastructure. With £22 billion of financial capacity, the Bank has already successfully supported five loans including investing in clean energy, digital infrastructure and green transport.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 18/05/2022 12:39:26 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1461850

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Competition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support the financial sector to increase its competitiveness.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>In his Mansion House statement last July, the Chancellor set out the Government’s vision an open, competitive, green, and technologically advanced financial services.</p><p> </p><p>A sweeping set of reforms to sharpen the UK’s competitive advantage in financial services is already underway. As set out in the Queen's Speech, the upcoming Financial Services and Markets Bill will deliver on these commitments by implementing the outcomes of the Future Regulatory Framework (FRF) Review as well as a series of important initiatives underpinning the Government’s ambitious vision for the financial services sector.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/05/2022 13:42:05 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord