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872233

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Markets: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the policy of the Inland Revenue on street and other similar markets not attracting VAT has changed; and whether the Government has plans for such changes.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	134147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs has not changed its policy on VAT in relation to street or similar markets. If there is a passive supply of an interest in land then the supply will normally be exempt from VAT. However if the main supply is something other than just a supply of land, then the VAT treatment will be determined by the VAT rules relating to the main supply.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/03/2018 11:18:49 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

872234

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Markets: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Upper Tax Tribunal decision that VAT (a) is due on the hire of pitches at organised events and (b) liability goes back up to four years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	134148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The decision of the Upper Tribunal in relation to VAT on the hire of pitches at organised events supported HM Revenue and Customs’ policy that such supplies were not exempt supplies of land. The main supply was that of access to a market place. Depending on the facts of each case, HMRC are normally only able to assess for any under declared tax going back 4 years.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/03/2018 11:17:40 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

872239

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2018 to Question 132796, on Children: Day Care, if he will ensure that the Government makes available further opportunities for hon. Members to voice concerns on the planned closure of Childcare Vouchers to new applicants.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	134153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>Colleagues were given the opportunity to voice their concerns about the closure of childcare vouchers to new entrants during the SI debate on the 13<sup>th</sup> March. To reflect concerns raised about the timing of the closure and the transition to Tax-Free Childcare, the government announced that childcare vouchers would remain open for a further six months.</p><p> </p><p>It is for both Parliament and the Business Managers, in conjunction with the usual channels, to decide what future business is debated in the House.</p><p> </p><p>Today the government has made the relevant day order which sets 4<sup>th</sup> October 2018 as the date when childcare vouchers and directly contracted childcare will close to new entrants. This will allow more time for Tax-Free Childcare to bed in, for awareness to increase and for families to understand the support they can receive under the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Now that Tax-Free Childcare is fully rolled out, the government will keep it under review to ensure it is delivering the support needed for working families.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 134323 question first answered 29/03/2018 13:17:07 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

872258

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to recoup money from employers who have paid into disguised remuneration schemes.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	134172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>Disguised remuneration (DR) schemes are tax avoidance schemes which attempt to avoid an income tax charge and National Insurance contributions on earnings.</p><p> </p><p>This government has legislated a package of measures to ensure those who have used DR schemes pay their fair share of tax.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has highlighted the consequences of participating in DR tax avoidance schemes through its ‘Spotlight’ publications and encouraged employers and individuals to settle their tax affairs. Many employers have already settled their liabilities and on 7 November 2017 HMRC published settlement terms on GOV.UK giving those in DR schemes a further opportunity to settle ahead of the DR loan charge which arises on 5 April 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/03/2018 10:55:58 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

872260

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Trusts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have registered trusts with the Trusts Registration Service in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	134174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The Trusts Registration Service was created following the implementation of the EU Fourth Money Laundering Directive to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. The Service went live last year and to date there are 89,439 trusts registered.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/03/2018 11:22:57 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

872267

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff are employed by HMRC in each region; and how many staff will be employed in each HMRC regional hub when those hubs are fully operational.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	134181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The number of full time equivalent (FTE) staff currently employed by HMRC in each region, together with the number who will be based in each HMRC Regional Centre, is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally HMRC will be retaining a Headquarters, five Specialist sites and six Transitional Sites which will remain operational after the opening of the regional centres, as set out in the table below. The Ipswich Transitional site will become a Specialist Site in 2026.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is still finalising its plans for its regional centres in Nottingham and Newcastle and for the second phases of Glasgow and Manchester. The figures included in the table are what has been previously announced.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Current FTE @ 28/02/2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Regional Centre</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FTE </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Specialist Site</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Transitional site</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FTE </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Scotland</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>7738</p></td><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>2,680</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Gartcosh</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>260</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>East Kilbride</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>1,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow (Phase 1)</p></td><td><p>2,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>1773</p></td><td><p>Belfast</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>4038</p></td><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>3,600</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>9834</p></td><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>5,300 to 5,600</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Washington</p></td><td><p>2,100</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>North West</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>11336</p></td><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>3,500</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester (Phase 1)</p></td><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Salford</p></td><td><p>2,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; the Humber</p></td><td><p>4136</p></td><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>3,850</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>3871</p></td><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>2,650</p></td><td><p>Telford</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>3114</p></td><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>2,500 to 2,800</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>1375</p></td><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>London, South East and East</p></td><td rowspan="3"><p>12,522</p></td><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>2,700</p></td><td><p>Dover</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stratford</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>Worthing</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster HQ</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>Ipswich</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Ipswich</p></td><td><p>450</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Current FTE includes staff who are assumed to be transferring to DWP. This is particularly relevant in Scotland and the North West.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/03/2018 10:37:27 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

872294

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Government Departments: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates the (a) Permanent Secretary and (b) Ministers of his Department have met representatives of (i) Beatty, (ii) Barclays, (iii) Dalmore Capital, (iv) Equitix, (v) Innisfree, (vi) Interserve, (vii) Semperian and (viii) Veolia since 31 December 2017; and who attended those meetings.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	134208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel and</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/senior-officials-expenses</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/03/2018 11:41:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

872295

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Government Departments: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether staff in his Department, excluding the Permanent Secretary and Ministers, have held meetings or made contact with (a) Beatty, (b) Barclays, (c) Dalmore Capital, (d) Equitix, (e) Innisfree, (f) Interserve, (g) Semperian and (h) Veolia to discuss procurement or public finance policy in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	134209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>Details of meetings or contact made with the listed suppliers to discuss procurement or public finance policy is not readily available and could be provided only at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Permanent Secretary and Ministers meetings are covered in the data published on the 23 March 2018 and can be found following the link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/03/2018 11:55:21 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

872300

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Consumer Goods: Instalment Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the rent-to-own market on the financial vulnerability of households on low incomes.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	134214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government transferred the regulation of consumer credit, including rent-to-own, to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in 2014 and has given the FCA strong powers to protect consumers. This was demonstrated by the FCA announcement in October 2017 that BrightHouse, a rent-to-own firm, would pay over £14.8 million in redress to 249,000 customers in respect of agreements which may not have been affordable, and payments which should have been refunded.</p><p>The Government has also given the FCA the power to cap all forms of credit, and the FCA can do so if it thinks it is necessary to protect consumers.</p><p>The FCA’s review of the high-cost credit sector has identified concerns about the high costs of rent-to-own borrowing for what is a particularly vulnerable consumer group, and the consequences of that borrowing. The Government welcomes the FCA’s ongoing work to review the high-cost credit market, including the rent-to-own sector. The FCA aims to consult on proposed remedies in spring 2018.</p><p>The FCA has consulted on proposed rules and guidance on staff incentives, remuneration and performance management in consumer credit firms, and published final rules on 27 March 2018. The rules will require firms to identify and manage risks arising from remuneration and performance management practices, and will come into force on 1 October.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 134215 134216 question first answered 29/03/2018 10:58:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

872301

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Consumer Goods: Instalment Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of sales incentives for staff working in the rent-to-own and doorstep-lending industries on outcomes for financial vulnerable customers.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	134215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government transferred the regulation of consumer credit, including rent-to-own, to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in 2014 and has given the FCA strong powers to protect consumers. This was demonstrated by the FCA announcement in October 2017 that BrightHouse, a rent-to-own firm, would pay over £14.8 million in redress to 249,000 customers in respect of agreements which may not have been affordable, and payments which should have been refunded.</p><p>The Government has also given the FCA the power to cap all forms of credit, and the FCA can do so if it thinks it is necessary to protect consumers.</p><p>The FCA’s review of the high-cost credit sector has identified concerns about the high costs of rent-to-own borrowing for what is a particularly vulnerable consumer group, and the consequences of that borrowing. The Government welcomes the FCA’s ongoing work to review the high-cost credit market, including the rent-to-own sector. The FCA aims to consult on proposed remedies in spring 2018.</p><p>The FCA has consulted on proposed rules and guidance on staff incentives, remuneration and performance management in consumer credit firms, and published final rules on 27 March 2018. The rules will require firms to identify and manage risks arising from remuneration and performance management practices, and will come into force on 1 October.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 134214 134216 question first answered 29/03/2018 10:58:35 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead