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	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Bolton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid through working tax credits to people in Bolton North East constituency in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
	uin	199151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>Table 1: Bolton North East constituency Working Tax Credit entitlement</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Tax Year</p></td><td><p>Total WTC entitlement</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£19 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£18 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£1<del class="ministerial">7</del><ins class="ministerial">6</ins> million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures have been rounded to the nearest £ million.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/06/2014 14:42:34 question first ministerially corrected 24/03/2015 12:39:34 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke previous answer version 939 answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

64002

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many self-employed people claimed (a) child tax credits and (b) working tax credits in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	202509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The following table is based on finalised tax credits administrative data for each financial year. The latest data available are 2012-13.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><em>Thousands</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of families in receipt of tax credits containing at least one member identified as self-employed</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Families benefitting from both WTC and CTC</p></td><td><p>Families benefitting from WTC Only</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>740</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>760</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>780</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">170</del> <ins class="ministerial">169</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data from earlier years is only available at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The decrease in the number of self employed households in 2012-13 can largely be explained by the removal of the ‘Second Income Threshold’ of tax credits in April 2012. This policy change removed a large number of higher income households from the whole tax credits population.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In general, there is and has been a long term trend of growth in the number of self employed people.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/07/2014 15:57:45 question first ministerially corrected 24/03/2015 11:57:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke previous answer version 7782 answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

33825

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2014
	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 employers participated in the regional employer National Insurance contributions holiday in each region.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	184094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>This Government is committed to helping UK businesses grow and create jobs. The NICs holiday was a temporary, targeted scheme to help start ups take on new staff within their first year of trading. Although take up was lower than expected, the holiday benefitted over 26,000 businesses and supported over 90,000 jobs.</p><p> </p><p>Building on the lessons learnt from the holiday, we are taking action to reduce the employer NICs burden on small businesses and have created the new Employment Allowance which is simple to administer, permanent and available to all business and charities in the UK, this is reducing their employer NICs bill by up to £2,000 each year. As a result, 450,000 employers will pay no NICs at all in 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p>According to the latest available figures the break down of employers that applied for the National Insurance Holiday by region, throughout the scheme is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1265</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3975</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1695</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2645</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1840</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4840</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3975</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3100</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yorks</strong><strong>. And Humber</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3265</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26600</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The NICs Holiday attracted around 26,600 applicants over a three year period. Further statistical information on the scheme is available on a factsheet at: <a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/nics-hol.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/nics-hol.htm</a>. The factsheet only covers periods from the start of the scheme to December 2012.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

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

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

42365

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2014
	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, what estimate his Department made before the 2012 Budget of the number of properties valued at more than (a) £2 million and (b) £5 million.
	tabling member constituency	Dover
	tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
	uin	191427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The number of residential properties in the UK valued at more than £2 million was estimated before Budget 2012 to be around 55,000.</p><p> </p><p>Before Budget 2012, an assessment of the average annual payment required from each property above £2 million in order to raise a net sum of £2 billion per annum was not made.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 July 2013, during Report stage of the Finance Bill, I referred to “a simple calculation arrived at by dividing £2 billion by 55,000 (an internal HMRC estimate of the number of properties valued at over £2 million) to give a ‘mean' average of £36,000.”</p><p> </p><p>A so-called mansion tax would depress stamp duty land tax and inheritance tax yields. The exact impact would be dependent on the rates and bands chosen.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 191429 191430 question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

42366

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2014
	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, what assessment his Department made before the 2012 Budget of the average annual payment required from each property valued above £2 million in order to raise a net sum of £2 billion per annum.
	tabling member constituency	Dover
	tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
	uin	191429
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The number of residential properties in the UK valued at more than £2 million was estimated before Budget 2012 to be around 55,000.</p><p> </p><p>Before Budget 2012, an assessment of the average annual payment required from each property above £2 million in order to raise a net sum of £2 billion per annum was not made.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 July 2013, during Report stage of the Finance Bill, I referred to “a simple calculation arrived at by dividing £2 billion by 55,000 (an internal HMRC estimate of the number of properties valued at over £2 million) to give a ‘mean' average of £36,000.”</p><p> </p><p>A so-called mansion tax would depress stamp duty land tax and inheritance tax yields. The exact impact would be dependent on the rates and bands chosen.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 191427 191430 question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

42367

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2014
	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, what assessment his Department made before the 2012 Budget of the effect on stamp duty land tax and inheritance tax receipts of the introduction of a so-called mansion tax designed to raise a net sum of £2 billion per annum.
	tabling member constituency	Dover
	tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
	uin	191430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The number of residential properties in the UK valued at more than £2 million was estimated before Budget 2012 to be around 55,000.</p><p> </p><p>Before Budget 2012, an assessment of the average annual payment required from each property above £2 million in order to raise a net sum of £2 billion per annum was not made.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 July 2013, during Report stage of the Finance Bill, I referred to “a simple calculation arrived at by dividing £2 billion by 55,000 (an internal HMRC estimate of the number of properties valued at over £2 million) to give a ‘mean' average of £36,000.”</p><p> </p><p>A so-called mansion tax would depress stamp duty land tax and inheritance tax yields. The exact impact would be dependent on the rates and bands chosen.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 191427 191429 question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

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

42710

	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 potential cost to the public purse of raising the income tax personal allowance for 2014-15 from £10,000, (a) £10,550, (b) £11,000, (c) £11,500, (d) £12,000, (e) £12,500 and (f) £13,000.
	tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
	tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
	uin	191880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The cost of raising the income tax personal allowance may be approximated using the “Direct effects of illustrative tax changes” table as published on the internet at the following address:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/direct-effects-of-illustrative-tax-changes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/direct-effects-of-illustrative-tax-changes</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley