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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

381368

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the annual cost to the public purse of (a) working families tax credits and (b) child tax credits paid to those earning below the living wage.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	2681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The information is not available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 22/06/2015 13:38:39 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

385625

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	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 estimate he has made of the total amount of tax credits paid to employees of each of the FTSE 100 companies.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	4087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>This information is unavailable.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 4088 question first answered 29/06/2015 10:24:28 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

385626

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	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 information he holds on which companies have the largest total amount of tax credits paid to their employees.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	4088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>This information is unavailable.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 4087 question first answered 29/06/2015 10:24:29 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

385391

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which UK companies' employees gain more in tax credits than they pay in tax and national insurance contributions.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	4207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>This information requested is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 29/06/2015 12:58:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

386221

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	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 assessment HM Revenue and Customs has made of the effect on levels of tax credits compliance of the redeployment of staff of that department to handle tax credits renewal calls.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	4586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text No tax credit compliance staff have been redeployed to handle tax credit renewal phone calls.<p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 02/07/2015 16:27:29 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

386532

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	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 assessment has been made of the potential effectiveness of voice recognition technology in reducing fraud and error in payment of tax credits.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	4816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customers has not made any such assessment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department uses IVR (Interactive Voice Recognition) technology to undertake security checks with customers calling its helplines and also to ensure that callers are directed to an adviser who has the skills and knowledge to answer their query.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 06/07/2015 16:19:18 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

387786

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	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 assessment he has made of the effect of tax credits on working families with children.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	5699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>Working Tax Credit provides financial support to those families on low incomes and Child Tax Credit assists families on low or no income with the additional costs of raising children.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As the Chancellor set out in the Summer Budget, this Government is making changes to tax credits to put welfare spending on a more sustainable path and to ensure that support is focused on those who need it most.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/07/2015 13:26:34 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

388861

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential effect of the tax credit changes announced in the Summer Budget 2015 on families with two parents who work full-time on minimum wage with (a) two and (b) three or more children.
	tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
	tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
	uin	6401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer has regular discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on a wide range of topics.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is making changes to Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit which will help put welfare spending on a more sustainable path. The Government wants to move from a low wage, high tax, high welfare society to a higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare society. That means more emphasis on support to hardworking families on low incomes by reducing income tax through increases in the personal allowance and increasing wages, than on topping up low wages through tax credits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Parents currently on the minimum wage will benefit from the introduction of the National Living Wage from April 2016 which will be set at £7.20 per hour. The Government’s ambition is for the National Living Wage to reach over £9 by 2020. This would equate to a cash rise of £5,200 a year by 2020 for those who are currently working full time on the National Minimum Wage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 6402 question first answered 14/07/2015 13:40:13 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

388871

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	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 steps he plans to take to monitor the effects of changes to tax credits on families with very low incomes.
	tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
	tabling member printed	Ian Blackford
	uin	6437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is making changes to Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit which will help put welfare spending on a more sustainable path. The Government wants to move from a low wage, high tax, high welfare society to a higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare society. That means more emphasis on support to hardworking families on low incomes by reducing income tax through increases in the personal allowance and increasing wages, than on topping up low wages through tax credits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Families with someone working currently on the minimum wage will benefit from the introduction of the National Living Wage from April 2016 which will be set at £7.20 per hour. The Government’s ambition is for the National Living Wage to reach over £9 by 2020. This would equate to a cash rise of £5,200 a year by 2020 for those who are currently working full time on the National Minimum Wage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These changes will ensure that work will always pay more than a life on benefits, 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 by 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 6438 6439 6440 question first answered 16/07/2015 16:40:29 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4390 label Biography information for Ian Blackford