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887107

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Buildings: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to improve disabled access to public buildings through the tax system.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	136672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to combatting all types of discrimination in the workplace and wider society.</p><p> </p><p>Many public-sector bodies are exempt from corporation tax and can either reclaim VAT on their purchases or are funded to cover their VAT liabilities. Therefore, they could not be incentivised through tax reliefs to invest further in accessibility to public buildings.</p><p> </p><p>The Equality Act 2010 requires all companies and organisations to make reasonable adjustments to remove the barriers faced by the disabled to ensure they have access to the same services as someone who is not disabled.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 25/04/2018 12:53:26 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

887108

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Charities: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support charities undertaking building works through the tax system.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	136673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vitally important work the charity sector does in the UK, which is why we currently provide tax relief to charities and donors worth over £5 billion per year. This includes over £1.3 billion for Gift Aid alone and a zero rate of VAT for the construction of buildings used for relevant charitable purposes. The zero rate means that charities do not pay tax on the construction of new buildings or services closely connected to the construction of a new building.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 25/04/2018 12:51:44 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

906320

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Further Education: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to exempt further education colleges from paying VAT.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	145376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>Education provided by further education (FE) colleges is either outside the scope of VAT or classified as ‘exempt’ under the VAT Act 1994. This means that FE colleges do not apply VAT on the education they provide to their pupils.</p><p> </p><p>Under European law, it is not possible to recover tax incurred on activities outside the scope of VAT or in the course of making ‘exempt’ supplies. Our future relationship with the EU, including on VAT, is subject to negotiation and any future decisions on VAT will continue to be taken in line with the normal Budget process.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/05/2018 13:50:23 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

900142

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which HM Revenue and Customs offices have closed since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	141728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>Since 2010, HM Revenue and Customs have closed 237 offices. These are detailed in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 16/05/2018 13:10:16 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride attachment 1 file name Attachment 1 - table of office closures.docx title table of office closures
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

885329

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has in place to ensure the efficiency of border arrangements for the import of components in complex supply chains from non-EU countries.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	John Redwood
	uin	136192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>Future customs arrangements depend on the outcome of the negotiations. The Government remains clear that the UK’s future customs arrangements should be as frictionless as possible, ensuring that traffic continues to flow as freely as possible at all ports. HM Revenue and Customs has engaged with a large number of businesses and ports to understand what may impact them in future, to identify any customs challenges they may face and to support businesses with the necessary education and guidance structures to be ready for future customs arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 25/04/2018 13:07:00 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

885340

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Ports: Exports and Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure a friction-free border for non-EU (a) imports and (b) exports at UK ports.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	John Redwood
	uin	136203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK delivers a highly effective customs service and is well-respected across the world, using procedures that are risk based and which maximise automation to deliver a swift and seamless service to the UK’s legitimate international trade. The UK has sought consistently to minimise business burdens and make trade as frictionless as possible.</p><p>As the UK leaves the EU, we remain on course to deliver an effective customs, VAT and excise system that enables trade to flow, HMRC to collect revenues, and the UK to have a secure border.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 25/04/2018 12:59:16 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

885347

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Smuggling: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps his Department has taken to control smuggling at the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	John Redwood
	uin	136210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>HMRC is not a border agency and does not police the Irish Land Boundary however, it deploys a wide range of intervention measures to ensure that it can effectively detect, deter and disrupt attacks on the tax system. Any anti smuggling operations at the Border are highly targeted and are undertaken on the basis of intelligence and risk profiling. Multi-agency cross border cooperation is a key element in combatting Cross Border smuggling and HMRC work closely with partner law enforcement agencies on both sides of the border. HMRC are a key partner in the Joint Agency Taskforce (JATF) established in 2016 under the auspices of the Stormont House Agreement (SHA). The JATF comprises Law Enforcement Agencies from across the island of Ireland is focussed on tackling border criminality and HMRC are active participants in both the strategic oversight and operational groups. HMRC also play a proactive role in the Organised Crime Task Force, chairing the Cross Border Fuel Fraud Group and also co-chair a Cross Border Excise Fraud Group.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 25/04/2018 12:55:42 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

885372

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to have in place a customs system to deal with trade on WTO terms.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	John Redwood
	uin	136235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>In August 2017, the Government published two future customs proposals, which are dependent on the outcome of the negotiations with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The UK and the EU have agreed on the terms of an implementation period, which will start on 30 March 2019 and last until 31 December 2020. However, as a responsible government, we continue to plan for all scenarios. We remain on course to deliver a functioning customs, VAT and excise system that enables trade to flow, HMRC to collect revenues, and the UK to have a secure border.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 25/04/2018 13:05:32 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

886162

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money has been lost to the public purse as a result of non-payment of VAT from (a) EU and (b) non-EU trade in the last available year.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	John Redwood
	uin	136357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Custom’s (HMRC) latest estimates of excise and VAT revenue lost in 2015-16 can be found in the summary of the ‘Measuring tax gaps’ publication, available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps</a>. Estimates of the amount of VAT lost to Missing Trader Intra-Community (MTIC) fraud are available in Chapter 2 of the same publication.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 136358 question first answered 27/04/2018 12:18:04 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

886163

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Smuggling
	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 loss of excise revenue from smuggling EU and non-EU goods from (a) EU trade and (b) non-EU trade in the last available year.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	John Redwood
	uin	136358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Custom’s (HMRC) latest estimates of excise and VAT revenue lost in 2015-16 can be found in the summary of the ‘Measuring tax gaps’ publication, available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps</a>. Estimates of the amount of VAT lost to Missing Trader Intra-Community (MTIC) fraud are available in Chapter 2 of the same publication.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 136357 question first answered 27/04/2018 12:18:04 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood