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1139189

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ring-fence a proportion of the revenue from Vehicle Excise Duty for projects to improve air quality.
	tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
	tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
	uin	277795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling air pollution. We have invested over £3.5 billion since 2010 to improve air quality and deliver cleaner transport.</p><p> </p><p>From 2020, all funds raised through Vehicle Excise Duty in England will be ring-fenced to form a National Roads Fund, which will be reinvested into the road network. We expect some of this investment to support environmental outcomes across the road network, which includes improving air quality.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/07/2019 11:19:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1138861

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of funding for the 30 hours' childcare policy for three- and four-year-olds.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	277237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The government recognizes how important an issue childcare is to families with young children. That is why we will be spending almost £6 billion a year on childcare support in 2019/20 – a record amount. This includes an initial allocation of around £3.5 billion for free childcare. Spending decisions beyond 2019/20 will be a matter for the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 18/07/2019 08:23:08 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1138862

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of appropriateness of the level of business rates for private childcare providers; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	277238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>Business rates are an annual tax on non-domestic property, based on rateable value as assessed by the Valuation Office Agency.</p><p> </p><p>Private childcare providers may be eligible for up to 100% Small Business Rate Relief.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken repeated action to reduce the burden of business rates for all ratepayers, worth more than £13 billion over the next five years.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities continue to have powers to offer business rates discounts beyond pre-defined reliefs at their discretion.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/07/2019 15:39:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1138909

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Personal Savings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet with (a) banks and (b) other financial institutions on recent reports of personal savings accounts with £170 billion and for which no interest is paid.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	277117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors, including banks and other financial institutions, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: <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>Interest rates on savings accounts are set by the institution providing the account. As this is a commercial decision, the Government does not seek to intervene. If a customer is not content with the interest rate they receive, Government encourages them to shop around to find the best savings account for their needs.<p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 18/07/2019 13:04:01 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1138953

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has undertaken a recent assessment of the potential effects on businesses in the UK of leaving the EU VAT area.
	tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
	tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
	uin	277127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>Leaving the EU without a negotiated settlement is not the Government’s preferred outcome, but it is essential that the UK is prepared for all possible eventualities on customs, VAT and excise arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the no deal preparations, HMRC have published guidance and technical notices for businesses and their advisors on customs, excise and VAT, as well as a collection of letters and guides.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have published a collection of impact assessments on GOV.UK which are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/customs-vat-and-excise-regulations-leaving-the-eu-with-no-deal#impact-assessments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/customs-vat-and-excise-regulations-leaving-the-eu-with-no-deal#impact-assessments</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/07/2019 15:35:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1138962

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	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, if he will make an assessment of the equity of means-testing for child benefit in relation to couples in which one parent is entitled to child benefit and the other is not.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	277264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government introduced the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) from January 2013 to ensure that support is targeted at those who need it most. It applies to anyone with an individual income over £50,000, who claims Child Benefit or whose partner claims it. The charge increases gradually for taxpayers with incomes between £50,000 and £60,000.</p><p> </p>If total household income was taken into account, information on the incomes of everyone in each of the eight million households receiving Child Benefit would need to be collected and would effectively introduce a new means test. The Government’s approach withdraws Child Benefit from those on higher incomes, whilst having no impact on the majority of claimants. answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 18/07/2019 10:05:22 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1139002

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend the soft drinks industry levy to milk replacement drinks containing sugar; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	277130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>Milk substitute drinks derived from plants are currently exempt from the soft drinks industry levy. At the time of the introduction of SDIL the Government committed to review this in 2020.</p><p>The government has no plans to extend SDIL at the present time.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/07/2019 16:59:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1139003

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to (a) extend the scope of the soft drinks industry levy to other products containing free sugars and (b) increase the rate of the levy.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	277131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no plans at this stage to extend the soft drinks industry levy beyond soft drinks. The Government has committed to review the exemption for sugary milk drinks in 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/07/2019 16:58:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1139026

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Roadchef: Pension Funds
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure the immediate release of Roadchef pension fund monies to Christine Slack and other former Roadchef employees; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	277311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The administration of the tax system is a matter for HM Revenue and Customs. It would not be appropriate for Treasury Ministers to become involved in the administration of the tax system in specific cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/07/2019 15:41:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1139038

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Roadchef: Pension Funds
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if HMRC will ensure the immediate release of Roadchef pension fund monies to Christine Slack and other former Roadchef employees; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	277314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The administration of the tax system is a matter for HM Revenue and Customs. It would not be appropriate for Treasury Ministers to become involved in the administration of the tax system in specific cases.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/07/2019 15:37:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1139104

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to change the pension arrangements for senior public servants, especially doctors in the NHS, as they approach retirement.
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	uin	HL17189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>The government keeps public sector pensions policy under constant review in the context of the wider public finances.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care will shortly publish a consultation on proposals for a new flexibility for senior clinicians in the NHS pension scheme via the introduction of a 50:50 option.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 19/07/2019 11:07:28 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

1138632

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of change the level of tax for NHS consultants working overtime.
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
	uin	276566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government keeps public sector pay and pensions policy under constant review in the context of the wider public finances. The same tax rules must apply identically to everyone in the same situation, regardless of their employer.</p><p> </p><p>Pensions tax relief is one of the most expensive reliefs in the personal tax system. In 2017/18 income tax and employer National Insurance Contributions relief cost over £50 billion, with around two-thirds going to higher and additional rate taxpayers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has listened carefully to specific concerns raised by some high-earning NHS consultants impacted by annual allowance tax charges.</p><p> </p><p>In response, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has announced his intention to consult on proposals for a new 50:50 option providing pension flexibility for senior clinicians in the NHS. This flexibility will give senior clinicians in England and Wales more choice in respect of their pension accrual, and therefore the ability to control better any pensions tax charges.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/07/2019 12:03:41 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1138648

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Royal Mint: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are employed (a) full time and (b) part-time by the Royal Mint.
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	uin	276575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>The Royal Mint currently employs 726 full-time employees, and 48 part-time employees.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/07/2019 11:17:54 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1138657

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure: Capital Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money from the public purse has been spent on infrastructure in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
	tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
	uin	276591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>Public sector net investment is set to reach levels not sustained in 40 years. In addition, public sector gross investment, which is net investment plus depreciation, helps to show the spending element of this. These figures include both economic and social infrastructure, as well as spending on other areas classified as capital spending. The latest figures from the Office for Budget Responsibility show that total public sector gross investment was £79.6bn in 2010-11, £71.4bn in 2011-12, £75.9bn in 2012-13, £68.7bn in 2013-14, £75.6bn in 2014-15, £74.2bn in 2015-16, £79.2bn in 2016-17, £83.7bn in 2017-18 and £82.0bn in 2018-19. Public sector gross investment peaked around the financial crisis due to Government intervention to support the economy. According to the National Infrastructure Assessment carried out by the National Infrastructure Commission in 2017, spending on economic infrastructure had risen from £12.4bn in 2012-13 to £18.7bn in 2016-17.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/07/2019 11:15:18 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

1138411

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business: Registration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Economic Operator Registration and Identification numbers were held by UK firms in (a) December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	276289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>In December 2018, there were 431,553 active UK Economic Operator Registration and Identification (EORI) numbers. Since December 2018, HM Revenue &amp; Customs have issued approximately 74,000 new UK EORI numbers, up to 23 June.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/07/2019 12:53:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1138421

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Electronic Publishing: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue his Department has raised from VAT on e-publications in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018 and (d) 2019 to 11 July 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
	uin	276162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>The information that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) collect from taxpayers on their VAT returns does not provide enough detail to be able to quantify the revenue raised from these supplies precisely. HMRC do not require detail on particular products and customer types because it would place a considerable administrative burden on businesses.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/07/2019 13:00:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1138429

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Older People and Vulnerable Adults
	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 ensure that banks provide sufficient support to elderly and vulnerable customers to access their services.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	276248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government believes that everyone, wherever they live and especially the most vulnerable, should have access to essential banking services. Since 2017, the Post Office has had an agreement with the main high street banks, which enables 99% of personal banking customers and 95% of SME banking customers to carry out their everyday banking at any one of their 11,500 branches across the UK. The Government has invested over £2bn in the Post Office since 2010 to protect and maintain the network.</p><p>The Government also believes that having a bank account is key to enabling people to manage their money on a day-to-day basis effectively, securely and confidently. The nine largest personal current account providers in the UK must offer basic bank accounts to customers who do not have a bank account or who are not eligible for a bank's standard current account.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 276249 question first answered 16/07/2019 10:34:10 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1138430

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Older People and Vulnerable Adults
	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 ensure that banking services are accessible to (a) elderly customers, (b) vulnerable customers and (c) customers without internet access.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	276249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government believes that everyone, wherever they live and especially the most vulnerable, should have access to essential banking services. Since 2017, the Post Office has had an agreement with the main high street banks, which enables 99% of personal banking customers and 95% of SME banking customers to carry out their everyday banking at any one of their 11,500 branches across the UK. The Government has invested over £2bn in the Post Office since 2010 to protect and maintain the network.</p><p>The Government also believes that having a bank account is key to enabling people to manage their money on a day-to-day basis effectively, securely and confidently. The nine largest personal current account providers in the UK must offer basic bank accounts to customers who do not have a bank account or who are not eligible for a bank's standard current account.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 276248 question first answered 16/07/2019 10:34:10 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1138431

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many late filing penalties HMRC collected from large companies in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	276208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>The purpose of penalties is to encourage taxpayers to comply with their tax obligations, to act as a sanction for those who do not, and to reassure those who do that they will not be disadvantaged by those who do not. Penalties are not used as a revenue-raising mechanism.</p><p> </p><p>Parliament determines the laws relating to tax and to whom they apply. HMRC apply those laws fairly and do not discriminate between different taxpayers or size of business.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC can apply a large number of different penalties, but they break down into three broad areas:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Automatic penalties for failure to meet a time-bound obligation, such as submitting returns or making payments by a specified deadline;</p></li><li><p>Penalties for failure to meet a regulatory obligation, such as the requirement to keep certain records; and</p></li><li><p>Behaviour-based penalties for inaccurate returns and documents and failure to notify taxable status.</p><p> </p><p>A penalty is not payable if a person had a reasonable excuse for failing to meet an obligation or took reasonable care to avoid submitting an inaccurate return.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not record data on penalties issued by size of business.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/07/2019 13:06:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1138433

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	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, how many tax avoidance schemes related to the use of personal service companies HMRC successfully challenged in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	276209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2019 answer text <p>This information is only available at disproportionate cost.</p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) do not routinely collate the number of tax avoidance schemes related to the use of personal service companies.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes information regarding the number of tax avoidance cases challenged in court by taxpayers in their annual Tax Assurance Commissioner’s Report. At the same time, HMRC publish a list of tax avoidance litigation decisions handed down during the period. The Report for 2018-19 is due to be published before the summer recess.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/07/2019 12:56:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1138434

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	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, how many people have been challenged by HMRC for promoting or facilitating tax avoidance schemes since 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	276210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>HMRC are investigating over 100 promoters and others involved in avoidance. Since the formation of HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service on 1 April 2016, more than 20 individuals have been convicted for offences relating to arrangements which have been promoted and marketed as tax avoidance schemes. The majority of those convictions relate to promoters. Recently, six individuals were arrested on suspicion of promoting fraudulent arrangements to get around the loan charge.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/07/2019 14:43:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1138435

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received an end of year tax summary from HMRC in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	276211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>Approximately 19.5 million customers received a paper Annual Tax Summary and approximately 10 million self-assessment customers received a digital version of the Annual Tax Summary in 2018/19 (for the year 2017/18).</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/07/2019 14:16:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1138438

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure: Capital Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many capital infrastructure projects have been completed as part of the Government’s National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	276213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>Since 2010, over 4,900 public and private infrastructure projects have been successfully delivered.</p><p>In particular, since 2010, the government has earmarked 158 major projects as being of national significance and a priority, including 90 listed in the National Infrastructure Delivery Plan 2016-2021. IPA tracks and publishes the delivery progress of all 158 projects, publishing a National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline document each year. As reported in the current edition of the Pipeline, published in November 2018, the vast majority are being delivered, with 98% completed or on track to deliver.</p><p>In 2018 alone, over 400 infrastructure projects were completed and moved into operation across a number of sectors. In the North West, for example, these included major investments such as the Walney Extension wind farm capable of powering over 600,000 homes; 2km of new flood defences to protect thousands of homes in Rossall on the coast of Lancashire; and the UK’s first Proton Beam Therapy centre at Christie Hospital in Manchester.</p><p>But it is not just major projects such as these which are having a real impact on people’s lives. We are also delivering hundreds of smaller projects across the UK.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/07/2019 11:48:28 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1138444

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	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 tax experts HMRC's Tax Capacity Building Unit and Tax Expert Unit has trained since 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	276219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The Capacity Building Unit, which subsumed the Tax Expert Unit on 1 April 2017, does not maintain records of the number of people trained in Low and Middle Income Countries. This is principally because:</p><ul><li>HMRC’s Capacity Building Unit delivers technical assistance through a broad range of methods beyond the delivery of training, including through sharing of advice and experience, workshops and mentoring.</li><li>HMRC often train other trainers, in order to spread awareness of best practice most efficiently. As a result the effect of HMRC training goes well beyond the number of people specifically involved.</li></ul> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/07/2019 13:15:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1138506

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Payments
	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 ensure the adequacy of checks undertaken to guarantee the accuracy of the payment of monies greater than £10,000 by HMRC to private citizens.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
	uin	276131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>HMRC take care to ensure the accuracy of their payments to all their customers. Managers also make sure standards are set before an activity takes place and then conduct checks afterwards to ensure payments processes are properly designed and operating as intended.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, independent assurance over HMRC’s processes including payments is obtained from Internal Audit, the Audit &amp; Risk Committee and the National Audit Office as part of the third line of defence.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/07/2019 14:23:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess