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1169747

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
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, what estimate he has made of the number of people who would remain within scope of the Loan Charge if the recommendations of the Independent Review into the Loan Charge are fully implemented.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	1681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government published Sir Amyas Morse’s independent review of the Loan Charge on 20 December, alongside the Government’s response to his recommendations.</p><p>The Government accepted all but one of Sir Amyas’s recommendations. This means that out of the estimated 50,000 individuals who used a loan scheme between 1999 and 2019 and did not settle with HMRC before March 2016, it is estimated that more than 30,000 people will benefit from the significant package of measures announced, 11,000 of whom will be taken out of scope of the charge altogether.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/01/2020 12:30:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1169756

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking with the Payment Systems Regulator to assess the scale of the reduction in the number of free to use ATM's, particularly in rural areas in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	1696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>LINK, the scheme that runs the UK’s ATM network, has put in place a Financial Inclusion Programme that includes premium fees for ATM deployers to protect remote free-to-use ATMs one kilometre or further from the next nearest free-to-use ATM or Post Office counter. LINK recently announced that £5 million would also be made available to fund requests for new ATMs from local areas with poor access to cash.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, UK Finance – the trade association for the UK banking and financial services sector – has launched a Community Access to Cash Initiative, offering grants to local communities to improve cash access where an ATM is not appropriate or required.</p><p> </p><p>The Payment Systems Regulator is closely monitoring developments in the ATM market and has used its powers to hold LINK to account over commitments to preserve the broad geographic spread of ATMs.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to engage with the Payments Systems Regulator via the Joint Authorities Cash Strategy Group, along with the Financial Conduct Authority and the Bank of England, to ensure comprehensive oversight of the overall cash infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 14/01/2020 12:38:49 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1169760

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Border Delivery Group: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Border Delivery Group has met in Northern Ireland since 13 December 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	1698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The Border Delivery Group (BDG) has not met any parties face to face within Northern Ireland during the dates specified. BDG has engaged in London with Northern Ireland Government departments (Border Force NI, DAERA, NIO and FSA NI) during this period.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/01/2020 14:01:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1169868

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society
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 provide financial relief to Equitable Life policyholders.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	David Duguid
uin	1782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>In 2010 the government allocated up to £1.5 billon, tax free, for payment to affected policyholders. More detail on the history of the action taken on this issue can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equitable-life-payment-scheme-final-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equitable-life-payment-scheme-final-report</a>.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 15/01/2020 12:28:06 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4606 label Biography information for David Duguid

1169870

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Premium Bonds: Payment Methods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to make it the policy of National Savings & Investments to enable Premium Bond prize winners to have their prizes credited to their bank accounts by BACS irrespective of whether they have an email address as well as a postal address; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	1677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>National Savings &amp; Investments (‘NS&amp;I’) is required by regulations to notify its customers of their Premium Bond prizes. This ensures that customers are updated on their savings and are reassured around the security of their investments.</p><p>NS&amp;I notify its customers of their Premium Bond prizes by email, text message or post. Customers can also check whether they have won on the NS&amp;I website, prize checker app or Alexa Skill. NS&amp;I customers have the choice to receive their prizes either directly via BACS payments or by post. Since November 2019, NS&amp;I also offers BACS payments of prizes to customers who have registered their UK mobile phone number with its online and phone service.</p><p> </p><p>Additional support is offered to certain groups, including older and disabled people with additional needs. Under this process, such customers can opt to receive their Premium Bond prizes through BACS without needing an e-mail address.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 14/01/2020 12:41:41 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1169871

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what improvements have been made to the HMRC Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool to ensure that it meets the needs of the private sector; and what proportion of the resulting checks will be full and accurate.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	1678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) digital service was first released in March 2017. It helps customers apply the off-payroll working rules correctly.</p><p> </p><p>Following feedback from customers and stakeholders, HMRC released an enhanced version of the service on 25 November 2019. HMRC worked with over 300 stakeholders to identify and test the enhancements to ensure the service meets customer needs. These enhancements include making the questions and the results clearer, increasing the number of questions to provide a more thorough assessment and building in features to reduce user errors.</p><p> </p><p>Improvements have also been made to language and presentation, and HMRC have added guidance to ensure questions are clearly understood. CEST is accurate. It has been tested rigorously against known case law and settled cases. HMRC stand by its results if it is used in accordance with HMRC guidance and the facts put into CEST are correct.</p><p> </p><p>CEST currently provides an employment status determination for tax purposes in around 85% of uses, all bar the most complex or finely balanced cases. For these more complex cases, HMRC provide detailed guidance and dedicated support.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/01/2020 13:53:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1169424

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to eliminate the retrospective aspects of the loan charge.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Mrs Andrea Jenkyns
uin	1351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government published Sir Amyas Morse’s independent review of the Loan Charge on 20 December, alongside the Government’s response to his recommendations. The Government welcomes Sir Amyas’s recognition that Disguised Remuneration schemes are a form of tax avoidance and that it was right for the Government to take action to ensure the tax was collected.</p><p> </p><p>Sir Amyas’s careful and considered report examines the question of from when the Loan Charge should apply. He concludes that from 9 December 2010 the law about the tax treatment of loan schemes was clear and that the Loan Charge should apply from this date.</p><p> </p><p>The Government accepts Sir Amyas’s clear view on this point and intends to legislate to implement all but one of the recommendations in the next Finance Bill.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/01/2020 12:33:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1169484

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	European Investment Bank
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 potential cost of contingent liabilities faced by the UK in relation to the operations of the European Investment Bank.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	1262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>Under the terms of the withdrawal agreement, the UK will maintain a declining c. €40bn financial commitment to the EIB in respect of the existing book of EIB operations approved up to exit. The UK’s liability for callable capital to the EIB is recorded in the consolidated fund of accounts. <em>(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/818268/CF_Annual_Accounts_2018-19__FINAL_TYPESET_150719__covers_final.pdf)</em></p><p> </p><p>This liability is reported to Parliament in the accounts as having a remote probability of crystallising. The arrangement would only be called upon in very exceptional circumstances and on equal terms as other Member States. The Bank has never made a call on the callable capital since it was established. The UK will not provide backing to any new EIB operations approved following exit.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 20/01/2020 09:05:13 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1169508

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 4 November 2019 to Question 7187 on Revenue and Customs: Staff, if he will estimate the number of HMRC staff employed at the Bathgate Pyramids business centre who will relocate to the Edinburgh regional centre in September 2020; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	1398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>HMRC expect a large number of staff in Bathgate (Pyramids Business Centre) to relocate to the Edinburgh Regional Centre when the office closes in September 2020. One-to-one meetings between staff and managers commenced in September 2019 and are now complete, but HMRC are still working through redeployment options for a number of colleagues. HMRC are committed to helping redeploy people and are unable to confirm the numbers of people that will be moving to Edinburgh Regional Centre until this important activity has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/01/2020 16:59:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1169609

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit: Romford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in Romford constituency are in receipt of child benefit.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	1314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2020 answer text <p>In August 2018, there were 12,520 families in receipt of Child Benefit in the Westminster parliamentary constituency of Romford.</p><p> </p><p>This information is published in HMRC’s latest annually released Child Benefit statistics “<em>Child Benefit Statistics: Geographical analysis, August 2018”</em>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/01/2020 12:35:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell