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418642

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2015 to Question 8088, if he will make it his policy to conduct an assessment of the potential effect of proposed changes to tax credits and housing benefit in the Summer Budget 2015 on the number of abortions in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	10109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to my answer of 11 September.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of the potential effect of proposed changes to tax credits and housing benefit in the Summer Budget 2015 on the number of abortions in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 22/09/2015 13:17:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

418860

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Government employees are in receipt of tax credits.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	10319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/09/2015 08:53:41 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

418867

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Gift Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in Gift Aid was paid out to (a) Cancer Research UK, (b) Oxfam, (c) Greenpeace, (d) RSPCA and (e) RSPB in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
	tabling member printed	Simon Hart
	uin	10330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) is responsible for administering Gift Aid.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC has a statutory duty to maintain taxpayer confidentiality and cannot comment on the affairs of individual taxpayers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes national statistics showing the total cost of Gift Aid and other charitable tax reliefs https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/charitable-donations-and-tax-reliefs-statistics<br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/09/2015 08:55:10 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart

418855

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Fuels: Tax Evasion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2015 to Question 8518, what possible prosecutions and convictions have arisen as a result of the dismantling of illegal laundering plants.
	tabling member constituency	South Down
	tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
	uin	10359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) does not break down statistics for oils prosecutions to separate out those resulting from the dismantling of illegal laundering plants.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 19/10/2015 11:28:35 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

418985

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in each constituency will be affected by the Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	10377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>This information is unavailable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is making changes to Tax Credits and Universal Credit which will help put welfare spending on a more sustainable path. The emphasis is on supporting hardworking families on low incomes by reducing income tax through increases in the personal allowance and increasing wages, rather than on topping up low wages through tax credits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMT has published a distributional analysis of the impact of the Summer Budget 2015 which includes the effect of tax credit and other welfare measures on households. This information can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443229/PU1822_Distributional_Analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443229/PU1822_Distributional_Analysis.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes information on families’ tax credit awards within local authorities. The most recent available data is for 2013-14 and can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of families in individual constituencies receiving tax credits and the average value of these payments can be found in table 2.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/09/2015 12:57:20 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

418858

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Personal Income
	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 maximum number of people whose income will fall as a result of changes to taxes and benefits introduced by the Summer Budget 2015; and if he will estimate the average fall in annual income for those people.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	uin	10384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>The reforms announced at the Summer Budget will ensure that support will be focused more on those on the very lowest incomes and the system will be fairer upon those who pay for it, as well as those who benefit from it. Taking the welfare changes in the Budget together with the record increases in the income tax personal allowance and the introduction of the new National Living Wage, 8 out of 10 working households will be better off in 2017-18.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/09/2015 13:01:28 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

419049

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Fuels: Tax Evasion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions prosecutions have resulted from visits by HM Revenue and Customs' officials to sites in Northern Ireland where illegal fuel laundering had occurred in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	10404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) does not break down statistics for oils prosecutions to separate out those resulting from visits by officers to laundering sites.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/10/2015 13:48:54 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

419175

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact assessment his Department has made of the effect on working families of (a) reduction in income thresholds and (b) increases in the tax credits taper rate.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	10520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The effect on working families of the reduction in income thresholds and increased in the tax credit taper rate should not be considered separately from wider policies in the Budget, such as our commitment to introducing the National Living Wage and increases to the personal tax allowance.</p><p>Taking the welfare changes in the Budget together with the record increases in the income tax personal allowance and the introduction of the new National Living Wage, 8 out of 10 working households will be better off in 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/10/2015 13:50:55 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

419471

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Opencast Mining: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.260 of the 2015 Budget, what alternative options his Department has considered to address the environmental liabilities associated with unrestored opencast mines in Scotland; and for what reasons each such option was not chosen.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	10601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>Environmental protection is a devolved matter, and outstanding land restoration liabilities lie with the relevant local authorities and ultimately with the Scottish Government. The Treasury has fully considered the two proposals put to them for addressing the shortfall of land restoration on abandoned Scottish coal mines: an exemption from the Carbon Price Support (CPS) tax and a direct grant from the Exchequer. Following discussions with Hargreaves, the UK Coal Authority, the Scotland Office, the Scottish Government and DECC, the Treasury has had to decline both proposals after thorough consideration. The reasons for this include: - Addressing the shortfall in land restoration is not the responsibility of the UK Government. Environmental protection is a devolved matter, and outstanding land restoration liabilities lie with the relevant local authorities. - The proposals are unaffordable in the current fiscal climate. They would also set a precedent that would risk discouraging companies and local authorities from making proper financial provision for the cost of site restoration and future environmental liabilities. - A CPS exemption would be an inefficient means of addressing the shortfall of land restoration, as the money would not go directly towards this aim and it would incur significant administration costs. - A CPS exemption would distort the market by making non-exempt coal less competitive, and by discouraging investment in low carbon power generation. I have written to the Scottish Government’s Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism informing him of this decision and I would be happy to consider any other options put forward.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 10603 10604 10605 10606 10608 10609 10610 10611 10612 10615 11469 question first answered 21/10/2015 13:33:14 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

419472

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Employment: Ayrshire
	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 potential effect on employment in (a) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency and (b) Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock constituency of his Department's decision to not offer assistance with restoration proposals.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	10603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>Environmental protection is a devolved matter, and outstanding land restoration liabilities lie with the relevant local authorities and ultimately with the Scottish Government. The Treasury has fully considered the two proposals put to them for addressing the shortfall of land restoration on abandoned Scottish coal mines: an exemption from the Carbon Price Support (CPS) tax and a direct grant from the Exchequer. Following discussions with Hargreaves, the UK Coal Authority, the Scotland Office, the Scottish Government and DECC, the Treasury has had to decline both proposals after thorough consideration. The reasons for this include: - Addressing the shortfall in land restoration is not the responsibility of the UK Government. Environmental protection is a devolved matter, and outstanding land restoration liabilities lie with the relevant local authorities. - The proposals are unaffordable in the current fiscal climate. They would also set a precedent that would risk discouraging companies and local authorities from making proper financial provision for the cost of site restoration and future environmental liabilities. - A CPS exemption would be an inefficient means of addressing the shortfall of land restoration, as the money would not go directly towards this aim and it would incur significant administration costs. - A CPS exemption would distort the market by making non-exempt coal less competitive, and by discouraging investment in low carbon power generation. I have written to the Scottish Government’s Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism informing him of this decision and I would be happy to consider any other options put forward.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 10601 10604 10605 10606 10608 10609 10610 10611 10612 10615 11469 question first answered 21/10/2015 13:33:15 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown