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33137

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) laundering plants and (b) millions of litres of fuel were seized in the UK by HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	East Antrim
	tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
	uin	183466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>Figures are only available for the years 2010-11 and onwards. The number of laundering plants and millions of litres of fuel seized in those years was as follows.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Laundering Plants</p></td><td><p>Fuel (millions litres)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>23 (20 NI 3 GB)</p></td><td><p>2.74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>29 (NI figure only)</p></td><td><p>2.44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13 to Dec 13</p></td><td><p>26 (22 NI 4 GB)</p></td><td><p>2.63</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>HMRC fights fraud on a wide range of fronts, from special units performing thousands of roadside checks to raiding laundering plants. HMRC has also recently concluded the evaluation of a possible new marker for rebated fuel, which will make it harder to launder marked fuel and sell it at a profit.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC uses several avenues to tackle fraud: criminal prosecution, civil action (such as seizing fuel or pumps), civil penalties and strong regulatory controls.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

37341

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	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 additional revenue secured since 2010 as a result of changes to the IR35 tax regulations affecting the self-employed.
	tabling member constituency	Hertford and Stortford
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Prisk
	uin	187119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>The intermediaries' legislation, known as IR35, does not apply to the self-employed, rather it applies to those providing their services through an intermediary (normally a limited company) who if it were not for the intermediary would otherwise be considered an employee of the client. IR35 ensures that under such circumstances broadly the same tax and National Insurance contributions are paid as if the individual were directly employed.</p><p> </p><p>A very minor change to the IR35 legislation was made in 2010 in consequence of the Corporation Taxes Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have currently four specialist compliance teams which undertake investigations of intermediaries (commonly called personal service companies) operating across all sectors where potential non-compliance with IR35 is suspected. These teams form part of a restructuring of HMRC's administration of IR35 following recommendations in March 2011 by the Office of Tax Simplification. Revenue secured under IR35 from this direct compliance activity between 6 April 2010 and 5 April 2013 is £2.519m. Figures for 2013/14 are not currently available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1424 label Biography information for Mr Mark Prisk

40905

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many awards of tax credits there have been where the national insurance number of one or more claimants was identifiable as one issued to a person who was not a UK national at the time of issue of the number in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the total amount was of those awards.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
	uin	190311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In March 2013, information was extracted from HMRC's tax credit system in respect of the number of families claiming tax credits where, if claiming as a couple, at least one of the family members was recorded as being a non-UK national when they registered for a National Insurance number.</p><p> </p><p>The extract shows that as at March 2013, 715,900 such families were claiming tax credits. If we assume no further changes until the end of the relevant year, the annual tax credits entitlement of these awards was £4.9 billion. The same extract showed that the total number of families claiming tax credits was 4,705,100 with an annual entitlement of £29.55 billion.</p><p> </p><p>For this purpose, as nationality was based on nationality at the time a claimant first registered for a National Insurance Number (NINO)the nationality of some of those claimants may have since changed. The information is not therefore sufficiently reliable to be used for formal statistical purposes.</p><p> </p><p>Based on this information the numbers of non-UK nationals claiming Tax Credits as a percentage of the entire Tax Credits population are broadly in line with the percentage of non-UK nationals in the UK workforce (according to figures in the 2013 Labour Force Survey complied by the ONS).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

41436

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fines have been issued to employers in (a) Leeds North West constituency, (b) West Yorkshire, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber for not paying the national minimum wage since March 2013; and what the total value of fines is in each such area.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	190684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government takes the enforcement of NMW very seriously and HMRC enforce the national minimum wage legislation on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and has done so since the introduction of NMW in April 1999. It does that by investigating all complaints made about employers suspected of not paying the minimum wage, in addition carrying out targeted enforcement where it identifies a high risk of non-payment of NMW across the whole of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not capture complaints or the outcomes of its investigations by reference to Government regions, constituencies or county. Its management information relates to the work of teams who are multi-located. Additionally, because it resources to risk, work relating to a specific geographical area is not always done by the NMW team based in that area.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to 6 April 2009, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) issued penalty notices to those employers who failed to comply, within 28 days, with an enforcement notice. A new enforcement regime, introduced in April 2009, saw the introduction of automatic penalties for employers who are found to have underpaid their workers. Between 1<sup>st</sup> April 2013 and 28<sup>th</sup> February, HMRC has issued 561 penalties for non payment of national minimum wage, with a combined value of £671,524.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

42709

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of individual taxpayers in each £1,000 band of gross income between £40,000 and £70,000.
	tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
	tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
	uin	191879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>HM TREASURY</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>David Ruffley MP</p><p> </p><p><strong>BURY ST EDMUNDS</strong></p><p> </p><p>To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the numbers of individual taxpayers in each £1,000 band of gross income between £40,000 and £70,000. 191879</p><p> </p><p>DAVID GAUKE</p><p>The estimates requested are in the table attached.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Number of taxpayers <br>(thousands)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total Income in £1,000 bands<br>(lower bound £)</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>2011-12<sub>(1)</sub></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Projections from</strong></p><p><strong>2011-12 data</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14<sub>(2)</sub></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15<sub>(2)</sub></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>40,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>303</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>41,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>269</p></td><td><p>278</p></td><td><p>267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>42,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>304</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p>267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>43,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>257</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>44,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>238</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>45,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>264</p></td><td><p>229</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>46,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>229</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>47,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>247</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>48,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>49,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>183</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>50,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>161</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>51,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>52,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>53,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>54,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>55,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>56,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>57,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>58,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>59,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>60,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>61,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>62,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>63,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>64,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>65,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>66,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>67,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>68,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>69,000 </strong></p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>(1) These estimates are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes 2011-12 which is the latest year for which outturn data is available.</p><p> </p><p>(2) These estimates are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes 2011-12 projected forward using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility's December 2013 economic and fiscal outlook.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley

44897

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the breakdown of departmental private office spending on Government Procurement Cards between 2005–06 and 2009–10.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Seccombe
	uin	HL6300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2014 answer text <p><strong>The breakdown of spend by Ministerial private offices in the departmental on Government Procurement Cards for 2005-06 to 2009-10 is in the table below. There are three types of spend within the definition of GPC, procurement, lodge and corporate cards.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Chancellor of the Exchequer </strong></p></td><td><p>220,787.69</p></td><td><p>239,967.84</p></td><td><p>141,155.09</p></td><td><p>95,124.66</p></td><td><p>94,773.45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Chief Secretary</strong></p></td><td><p>31,243.13</p></td><td><p>40,350.89</p></td><td><p>16,002.80</p></td><td><p>13,834.62</p></td><td><p>25,955.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Exchequer Secretary </strong></p></td><td><p>10,426.42</p></td><td><p>12,784.10</p></td><td><p>15,899.54</p></td><td><p>17,146.39</p></td><td><p>20,028.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Economic Secretary</strong></p></td><td><p>14,807.79</p></td><td><p>80,689.90</p></td><td><p>21,329.00</p></td><td><p>14,060.81</p></td><td><p>7,961.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Secretary </strong></p></td><td><p>39,163.29</p></td><td><p>28,673.99</p></td><td><p>21,654.07</p></td><td><p>46,993.19</p></td><td><p>21,031.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Services Secretary</strong></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>16,187.33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>316,428.32</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>402,466.72</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>216,040.50</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>187,159.67</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>185,937.18</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 14/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	2097 label Biography information for Baroness Seccombe

44914

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government by how much they expect overall alcohol consumption to rise or fall across the United Kingdom as a result of the changes in alcohol duty announced in the Budget.
	tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
	uin	HL6317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p><strong>The Government expects that there will be a small increase in alcohol consumption as a result of the changes to alcohol duty announced at Budget 2014. The tables below provide estimates of changes in consumption in both percentage and volume terms for each type of alcohol consumed, relative to the previous alcohol duty rates policy.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Estimated increase in consumption (%):</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Beer</strong></p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Spirits</strong></p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>1.3%</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Alcopops</strong></p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cider</strong></p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wine</strong></p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Estimated increase in consumption (thousand hectolitres of alcohol):</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Beer</strong></p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Spirits</strong></p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Alcopops</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cider</strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wine</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Newby question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
	tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

45763

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Office for Budget Responsibility concerning explanations suggesting that there is a £20 billion shortfall in public finances.
	tabling member printed	Lord Barnett
	uin	HL6412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>The independent OBR publish a log of all substantive contact with Ministers, their offices and special advisers on their website.</p> answering member printed Lord Newby question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby attachment 1 file name 3379LW 1314.pdf title OFFICE FOR BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY CONTACT LOG
	tabling member	1018 label Biography information for Lord Barnett

45764

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they consider that an agreement between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Governor of the Bank of England overrides the reserve powers given to HM Treasury in section 19(2) of the Bank of England Act 1998.
	tabling member printed	Lord Barnett
	uin	HL6413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>The powers set out in section 19 of the Bank of England Act 1998 cannot be removed or amended except by further legislation approved by Parliament which amends that section of the 1998 Act.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury may only make an order giving directions under section 19 after consultation with the Governor of the Bank of England, if the directions are required in the public interest and by extreme economic circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Monetary Policy Committee was given operational independence in 1997, covering the worst financial crisis in generations leading to the deepest recession since the Second World War, these powers have never been used.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Newby question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
	tabling member	1018 label Biography information for Lord Barnett

45992

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Deighton on 27 March to remarks by Lord Myners, Lord Higgins and Lord Flight (HL Deb, col 676) and the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 3 July 2013 (WA 143), whether they continue to consider that borrowing from the central bank is illegal under Article 123 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; and, if so, what options are available in respect of government debt and quantitative easing while the United Kingdom remains a member of the European Union.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stevens of Ludgate
	uin	HL6470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The independent Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England has operational responsibility for monetary policy. The MPC makes decisions on its policy tools, including quantitative easing (QE), in order to meet the 2% inflation target in the medium term.</p><p> </p><p>The separation of fiscal and monetary policy is a key feature of the UK's economic policy framework. To use monetary policy tools to meet fiscal objectives, such as financing government borrowing, could conflict with the MPC's objective of price stability and undermine confidence in the UK's monetary policy framework. Additionally, government borrowing from the central bank is illegal under Article 123 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Newby question first answered 11/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby
	tabling member	2227 label Biography information for Lord Stevens of Ludgate