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1669891

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date	14/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of further measures to support (a) SME, (b) independent and (c) other wine and spirits businesses with high-street presence in the context of (i) the increase in alcohol duty brought in in August 2023 and (ii) the end of business rates relief at the end of the 2023-24 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	1999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government has undertaken the biggest reform of alcohol duties for over 140 years and has introduced a new, simplified alcohol duty system based on the common-sense principle of taxing alcohol by strength. The Government is closely monitoring the impact of the reforms and will evaluate the impact of the new rates and structures three years after the changes took effect on 1 August 2023. This will allow time to understand the impacts on the alcohol market, and for HMRC to gather useful and accurate data with which to evaluate the effects of the reform.</p><p> </p><p>As with all taxes, the Government keeps the alcohol duty system under review during its yearly Budget process.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Statement 2022 the Government announced an increased 75% relief for retail, hospitality and leisure properties, up to a cash cap of £110,000 per business for 2023-24. This is a tax cut worth over £2 billion for around 230,000 RHL businesses, to support the high street and protect small shops and pubs.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on future business rates support will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 21/11/2023 16:55:07 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1669892

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has met representatives of (a) SME and (b) independent wine businesses since the changes to alcohol duty introduced in August 2023.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	2000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>Treasury ministers have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at the link below:</p><p><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 Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 21/11/2023 16:41:56 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1669902

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Defence: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to encourage investment in the defence sector.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	1984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The UK is committed to increasing investment in the defence sector to meet the challenges of an increasingly volatile and complex world. In the 2023 Integrated Review Refresh, the Government committed to an additional £5 billion to be provided to the Ministry of Defence over the next two years alongside the ambition to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP in the long term. The Government also works closely with the private equity and venture capital community to attract private investment in dual use technologies through the National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF) and nascent NATO Innovation Fund (NIF).</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 22/11/2023 08:14:22 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1669973

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Rebates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has plans to tackle third party websites which charge excessive fees for helping taxpayers reclaim tax rebates.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	1937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The government is committed to maintaining trust in the tax system and protecting customers. However, the government is aware that some taxpayers face issues and feel misled when using companies that specialise in claiming tax refunds from HMRC. This service is provided at a cost (often on a no-win, no fee commission basis) unlike claiming directly from HMRC which is free of charge.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC consulted last year on measures to ensure individual taxpayers get the information they need to make informed decisions about whether to use a repayment agent - “Raising standards in tax advice: Protecting customers claiming tax repayments”.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/raising-standards-in-tax-advice-protecting-customers-claiming-tax-repayments/outcome/raising-standards-in-tax-advice-protecting-customers-claiming-tax-repayments-summary-of-responses" target="_blank">Summary of Responses and Next Steps’</a> was published on 11 January 2023 which included actions to improve transparency requirements in the HMRC Standard for Agents and undertaking further work to strengthen the evidence that a claim has been made with a customer’s consent.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC encourages customers to carefully read the repayment agent’s terms and conditions to understand what they are signing up to, the fees they will pay, and the legal agreement they are signing.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 21/11/2023 11:42:37 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1670005

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mileage Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to (a) review the Approved Mileage Allowance Payment and (b) take fiscal steps to support employees and volunteers using their own vehicles in (i) rural and (ii) other areas.
tabling member constituency	Perth and North Perthshire
tabling member printed	Pete Wishart
uin	1827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>Approved Mileage Allowance Payments (AMAPs) are used by employers to reimburse an employee’s expenses for business mileage in their private vehicle, including employees in rural areas. These rates are also used by self-employed drivers to claim tax relief on business mileage (simplified motoring expenses). The AMAP rates are not mandatory, and employers can choose to pay more or less than the AMAP rate. It is therefore ultimately up to employers to determine the rate at which they reimburse their employees. The AMAP rate also applies to volunteers, and organisations using volunteers also do not need to use the AMAP rate, and can choose to pay more or less than the AMAP rate.</p><p> </p><p>In considering changes to the AMAP/simplified motoring expenses rates, the Government has to balance support for individuals with the responsible management of public finances, which fund our essential public services.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government recognises that transport is a major cost for individuals and families. At Spring Statement 2022 the Government announced a temporary 12-month cut to duty on petrol and diesel of 5p per litre. In order to continue supporting all motorists, it will extend the 5p fuel duty cut, which is worth £100 to the average driver over the next year.</p><p> </p><p>Like all taxes and allowances, the Government keeps the AMAP rate underreview, and any changes will be announced at a future fiscal event.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 21/11/2023 16:37:00 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart

1670008

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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, how many staff work on customer compliance in (a) total and (b) each team in HMRC.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	1954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The average full-time equivalents (FTE) in HMRC currently working on customer compliance activity in 2023/24 is approximately 17,300.</p><p> </p><p>Within Customer Compliance Group staff are deployed across a wide range of compliance risks. Internally, these are usually grouped by customer segment, tax head or specific tax risk being worked.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes information on the amounts spent on compliance by customer segment in our annual report and accounts at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023-technical-notes/tax-by-different-customer-groups-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">Tax by different customer groups – 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. The information for 2023/24 will be available in 2024. HMRC does not release detailed breakdowns of this information for operational reasons.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 21/11/2023 11:36:21 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1670009

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the cost to the public purse of tax compliance cases in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	1955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>HMRC does not track the value directly spent on tax compliance cases.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 21/11/2023 11:33:14 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1670010

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Unpaid Taxes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the closure of the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce on trends in the level of uncollected tax.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	1956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>At Budget 2021, the government announced an investment of over £100 million in the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce to combat error and fraud in the COVID-19 financial support schemes administered by HMRC. This investment enabled HMRC to deploy compliance staff to the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce for the lifetime of the taskforce, and to backfill for those staff to prevent an opportunity cost to the collection of tax revenues. <em><br> </em><br> As planned, HMRC began to transition the activity and the staff working on the taskforce into business-as-usual tax compliance activity from March 2023.</p><p>Our compliance activity on the COVID-19 support schemes up to end September 2023 has protected over £1.6 billion worth of grants. This is made up of £430 million prevented from being paid out and over £1.2 billion recovered from overpayments. <br> <br> We remain committed to tackling error and fraud in the COVID-19 support schemes where this is the most cost-effective use of resources.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 21/11/2023 14:17:26 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1670058

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
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 his Department made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a reduced apprenticeship levy contribution for companies which take on apprentices with SEND.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	2011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The government keeps all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 21/11/2023 17:44:09 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1670078

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the average length of time that adoptive parents wait for approval of their application for child benefit.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
uin	2022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>While information is collected on birth child, adopted child and stepchild as part of the Child Benefit claim form, this information is not made available to HMRC for statistical analysis, and therefore the data cannot be used to categorize children/claims into adopted children.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do have a “where’s my reply Tool” <a href="https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/guidance/Check-when-you-can-expect-a-reply-from-HMRC/start/are-you-an-agent?c=1" target="_blank">Check-when-you-can-expect-a-reply-from-HMRC</a> which shows general processing time frames when customers have submitted a Child Benefit claim.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 2023 2024 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 question first answered 22/11/2023 08:04:51 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne