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449286

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Business: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax disputes with large businesses HM Revenue and Customs is engaged in; and what the value is of the tax that is being contested in those disputes.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
	uin	25102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text Until 31 March 2014, HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) Large Business Service dealt with the tax affairs of around 800 of the largest businesses in the UK. From 1 April 2014, HMRC’s new Large Business directorate deals with the tax affairs of around 2,000 large businesses.<p> </p>At 31 December 2015, HMRC had enquiries open with 1,117 of the large businesses dealt with by the Large Business Directorate, covering 3,981 risks with £20.3 billion tax under consideration.<p> </p>At 31 December 2015, HMRC had enquiries open with 567 of the largest 800 businesses covering 2,826 risks with £16.8 billion tax under consideration.<p> </p><p>Tax under consideration is not actual tax either owed or unpaid. Rather, it is a tool which HMRC uses to guide its enquiries to focus on the most significant risks that exist at any particular time. The total is just a snapshot of work in progress and will naturally fluctuate as risks are addressed and new ones taken up.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/02/2016 10:03:13 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

449202

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Taxation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what legal powers the EU has to intervene in the taxation arrangements agreed between HM Treasury and foreign-based firms, including Google, and what assessment they have made of whether HMRC could legally co-operate in any such EU action.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	uin	HL5712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>While corporate taxation is a matter for Member States, under the EU Treaties the European Commission has competence to conduct State aid investigations in order to prevent unlawful distortion of competition and to safeguard the internal market. Member State authorities are required to cooperate with any such investigations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 10/02/2016 17:40:31 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

449267

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many telephone calls HM Revenue and Customs has received from (a) small businesses, (b) medium-sized businesses and (c) large businesses in each of the last five years; and what the average time taken to answer telephone calls from each such category of business was in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	24999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).</p><p> </p><p>HMRC handles around 50 million telephone calls annually and regularly publishes general performance reports at Gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 09/02/2016 17:01:43 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

449226

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Tourism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate, as a percentage of gross domestic product, of the economic importance of tourism to (1) England, (2) Wales, and (3) Northern Ireland, in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord Fearn
	uin	HL5736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The latest Quarterly National Accounts (ONS) show that net household expenditure on tourism was 0.5% of UK gross domestic product in 2014. The first estimate of 2015 net tourism will be published by the ONS 31st March 2016. The ONS do not publish a breakdown of net tourism by England, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 09/02/2016 16:01:41 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
	tabling member	488 label Biography information for Lord Fearn

449271

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Patents: Corporation Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of the tax relief granted through the patent box in each year since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	25092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The information is not held in the form requested. The estimated amounts of Patent Box relief can be found at the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/487119/Dec15_expenditure_reliefs_Final.xlsx.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/487119/Dec15_expenditure_reliefs_Final.xlsx.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 25091 25093 25094 25095 question first answered 09/02/2016 17:00:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

449284

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Patents: Corporation Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of the patent box tax arrangement on the economy.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	25094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The information is not held in the form requested. The estimated amounts of Patent Box relief can be found at the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/487119/Dec15_expenditure_reliefs_Final.xlsx.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/487119/Dec15_expenditure_reliefs_Final.xlsx.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 25091 25092 25093 25095 question first answered 09/02/2016 17:00:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

449285

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Patents: Corporation Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of companies that have benefited from the patent box are UK domiciled.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	25095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The information is not held in the form requested. The estimated amounts of Patent Box relief can be found at the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/487119/Dec15_expenditure_reliefs_Final.xlsx.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/487119/Dec15_expenditure_reliefs_Final.xlsx.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 25091 25092 25093 25094 question first answered 09/02/2016 17:00:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

449287

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Patents: Corporation Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies have paid a lower rate of corporation tax as a result of the patent box initiative since its implementation.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	25091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The information is not held in the form requested. The estimated amounts of Patent Box relief can be found at the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/487119/Dec15_expenditure_reliefs_Final.xlsx.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/487119/Dec15_expenditure_reliefs_Final.xlsx.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 25092 25093 25094 25095 question first answered 09/02/2016 17:00:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

449401

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies benefiting from the patent box are (a) UK and (b) non-UK domiciled pharmaceutical manufacturers.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	25093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The information is not held in the form requested. The estimated amounts of Patent Box relief can be found at the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/487119/Dec15_expenditure_reliefs_Final.xlsx.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/487119/Dec15_expenditure_reliefs_Final.xlsx.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 25091 25092 25094 25095 question first answered 09/02/2016 17:00:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

449940

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Flood Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Barnett Formula applies to government funding of emergency flood relief.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Roger Mullin
	uin	903456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The government is investing nearly £200 million to help communities recover from Storm Desmond and Storm Eva. The Barnett Formula has been applied to this funding in the normal way.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/02/2016 15:43:20 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4468 label Biography information for Roger Mullin