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	registered interest
	date	27/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Retail Trade: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to ensure (a) retailers and (b) consumers are aware of (i) the ITunes HMRC and (ii) other scams.
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
	uin	134376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>HMRC has a dedicated Customer Protection team which targets scams. On iTunes, HMRC has:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Worked with Apple to introduce warnings on vouchers</p></li><li><p>Joined up with gov.uk, Action Fraud, &amp; Financial Fraud Action to increase awareness</p></li><li><p>Written to retailers encouraging staff training around i-tunes scams</p><p> </p><p>To reduce other scams, HMRC has:</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Worked with the mobile industry, delivering a 90% reduction in reported abuse of HMRC branded SMS texts</p></li><li><p>Challenged ownership of misleading domains, and diverted over 2m visits to gov.uk educational pages</p></li><li><p>Had over 1m visits to gov.uk scam-education pages</p></li><li><p>Requested removal of over 12,000 malicious websites since April</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/03/2018 16:07:06 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

101528

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the recommendation of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Wellbeing Economics that stable and secure employment for all should be the primary objective of economic policy.
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Martin Horwood
	uin	212387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Since the financial crisis the government's long term economic plan has provided the foundations for the current recovery, which is now well established. The government has continued to take the difficult decisions needed to secure a stronger recovery for all and build a fairer society.</p><p> </p><p>The latest official labour market figures show that employment in the UK is at its highest ever level, 30.76 million, an increase of 1.7 million since the Coalition entered office. Over the same period the level of redundancies has fallen by 45 per cent.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/11/2014 17:28:07 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1499 label Biography information for Martin Horwood

101527

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Personal Income
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of income inequality on national wellbeing.
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Martin Horwood
	uin	212385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of the effect of income inequality on national wellbeing. However, income inequality remains lower than when this Government came into office.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics estimates that individuals in households with higher incomes report higher life satisfaction and happiness, and lower anxiety. Wellbeing increases fastest in relation to increases income for those on the lowest level of income, and receiving a greater proportion of income from cash benefits is associated with lower wellbeing. The Government’s economic plan is focused on creating jobs and making work pay, while reducing reliance on benefits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 06/11/2014 16:19:20 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1499 label Biography information for Martin Horwood