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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

917463

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department has received from people and organisations affected by off-payroll working rules and changes to IR35 regulations on those rules and changes; and what proportion of those representations have been critical of the IR35 changes.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	150081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>The government has consulted widely on off-payroll working rules (known as IR35), since the Summer Budget 2015. In July 2015, the government published the ‘Intermediaries Legislation (IR35): discussion document’, which sought views on the existing rules and options for change.</p><p> </p><p>After Budget 2016, the government published the consultation document, ‘Off-payroll working in the public sector: reform of the intermediaries legislation’. HMRC met with over 500 people from a wide range of organisations to discuss the proposed changes, and received over 200 written responses to the consultation.</p><p> </p><p>Following the introduction of the new rules in April 2017, the government commissioned independent research into the impact of the changes. This was published on 18 May 2018 and is available to view online: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/off-payroll-reform-in-the-public-sector" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/off-payroll-reform-in-the-public-sector</a></p><p> </p><p>The government’s assessment is that the reform has been successful in increasing tax compliance for off-payroll workers in the public sector.</p><p> </p><p>The government is now consulting on possible reform to the off-payroll working rules in the private sector. As part of that consultation, HMRC is planning to meet over 200 people, including representatives of a wide range of affected stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 150082 question first answered 13/06/2018 16:11:27 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

917465

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation mechanisms his Department uses to help assess the effect of (a) changes to IR35 regulations and (b) regulatory changes; and assessment he has made of the adequacy of those mechanisms.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	150082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>The government has consulted widely on off-payroll working rules (known as IR35), since the Summer Budget 2015. In July 2015, the government published the ‘Intermediaries Legislation (IR35): discussion document’, which sought views on the existing rules and options for change.</p><p> </p><p>After Budget 2016, the government published the consultation document, ‘Off-payroll working in the public sector: reform of the intermediaries legislation’. HMRC met with over 500 people from a wide range of organisations to discuss the proposed changes, and received over 200 written responses to the consultation.</p><p> </p><p>Following the introduction of the new rules in April 2017, the government commissioned independent research into the impact of the changes. This was published on 18 May 2018 and is available to view online: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/off-payroll-reform-in-the-public-sector" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/off-payroll-reform-in-the-public-sector</a></p><p> </p><p>The government’s assessment is that the reform has been successful in increasing tax compliance for off-payroll workers in the public sector.</p><p> </p><p>The government is now consulting on possible reform to the off-payroll working rules in the private sector. As part of that consultation, HMRC is planning to meet over 200 people, including representatives of a wide range of affected stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 150081 question first answered 13/06/2018 16:11:27 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

947517

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Customs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what work has been undertaken to understand the technology and processes required to remove the need for infrastructure related to checks and controls at the Irish border itself aside from that on the Facilitated Customs Arrangement referred to in the Government's White Paper on the future relationship between the EU and the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Yeovil
	tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Fysh
	uin	168173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s preferred approach to customs, the facilitated customs arrangement (FCA), would avoid any need for customs declarations on cross-border trade and would ensure there are no stops or checks at the land border. The FCA will therefore fully deliver on the Government’s commitments to avoid a hard land border.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is also seeking to be at the cutting edge of global customs policy. As the Government outlined in the “future customs arrangements” paper in August 2017, it has been exploring possible ways in which to use future advancements in technology to streamline the trading process; including by simplifying existing procedures to reduce burdens on business, or speeding up some authorisation processes through increased automation. The UK will look to implement such innovations, bilaterally or unilaterally, to promote the greatest possible trade with the rest of the world.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/09/2018 09:33:12 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh

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

923943

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Wolverhampton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the effect of the move of the HMRC Office in Wolverhampton to a new office in Birmingham on the (a) women and (b) other people who (i) work and (ii) use that office in Wolverhampton South West constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Eleanor Smith
	uin	153909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>HMRC has received representations from Wolverhampton Council, Coventry Council and the Mayor of the West Midlands about the closure of the HMRC offices in Coventry and Wolverhampton and relocation of the workforce to Birmingham. HMRC officials recently met with the Mayor and representatives from the two councils.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC conducted high level People Impact and Equality Assessments to inform its initial planning and has already published a summary of this to its staff. It continues to undertake extensive work on people and equality impacts, including gender. Wolverhampton is included in impact work for the Birmingham Regional Centre.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 21/06/2018 13:09:10 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4609 label Biography information for Eleanor Smith

931862

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries: Tax Yields
	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 amount of money raised for the public purse from tax paid by the (a) aerospace and (b) automotive sector in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	158235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>HMRC does not produce statistics on the total tax paid by specific industries. The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates of home VAT liability by sector are published in Table 2.5.1 of HMRC’s annual VAT factsheet in the link below. It is not possible to estimate VAT liabilities for the aerospace sector as HMRC does not collect this level of information (<a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Statistical%20Factsheets/VAT_Factsheet_17.xls" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Statistical Factsheets/VAT_Factsheet_17.xls</a>)</p><p> </p><p>Table 3.9 of HMRC’s Personal Incomes Statistics Publication provides estimates of self-employment income assessable to tax split by high-level industry and is published at the link below. (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-incomes-tables-31-to-311-for-the-tax-year-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-incomes-tables-31-to-311-for-the-tax-year-2015-to-2016</a>)</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s estimates of Pay As You Earn tax by high-level industry sector are published at the link below.</p><p>(<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pay-as-you-earn-tax-deducted-from-pay-by-industry" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/pay-as-you-earn-tax-deducted-from-pay-by-industry</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Corporation Tax liabilities split by high-level industry sector are published in Table 11.5 of HMRC’s annual Analyses of Corporation Tax receipts and liabilities publication in the link below.</p><p>(<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/table-115-computation-of-corporation-tax-liability-by-industry-financial-year-ending-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/table-115-computation-of-corporation-tax-liability-by-industry-financial-year-ending-2013</a>)</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 02/07/2018 16:16:44 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

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 John Redwood