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168588

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Succession
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been received by the Sovereign in each of the last 30 years as a result of people (a) dying intestate and (b) making specific bequests in favour of the Sovereign in the Duchy of Lancaster.
	tabling member constituency	Lewes
	tabling member printed	Norman Baker
	uin	217760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <ol><li><p>The Sovereign has received no direct benefit from bona vacantia since 1988. The Privy purse benefited by £339k in 1984/85, £468k in 1985/86, £418k in 1986/87 and £497k in 1987/88.</p></li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 1988 proceeds from bona vacantia have been used to pay late claims and the balance has been divided between three charities established to receive these funds which are the Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund (supporting charities within the County Palatine or where the Duchy has landed or historical interests in England and Wales), the Jubilee Trust (which supports The Queen's Chapel of the Savoy and other heritage buildings owned by the Duchy) and the Duke of Lancaster Housing Trust (which provides rural affordable housing).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>b). The Duchy has not kept a record of any specific bequests in favour of the Duchy in the course of the last 30 years. If such a bequest were to be received, and in the absence of specific conditions attached to it, it is highly likely that the funds would be transferred to one of these Duchy charities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 17/12/2014 16:42:30 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	28 label Biography information for Norman Baker

917665

	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	Bank Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were invited to sign up for help to save accounts in (a) January, (b) February, (c) March, (d) April and (e) May 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	150246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <ol><li><p>The table below shows the number of Help to Save accounts which have been signed up to each month since January 2018. Numbers for May 2018 will not be finalised until the middle of June, and so cannot be provided.</p></li></ol><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Number of people signing up to Help to Save Accounts Since January 2018 (1)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Each month</p></td><td><p>Cumulatively</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2018</p></td><td><p>1,540</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>4,780</p></td><td><p>6,330</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018</p></td><td><p>10,800</p></td><td><p>17,120</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>(1) </strong>Numbers are represented in single units, so there were 10 people signed up to Help to Save in January, rising to seventeen thousand, one hundred and twenty cumulatively by the end of April. The figures are rounded to the nearest ten.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li><p>We do not have estimates available on the number of people invited to sign up for a Help to Save account. Customers are being invited to join the trial through the points of contact that tax credits and Universal Credit customers already have with Government, including the HMRC mobile app and Personal Tax Accounts. Once they have been invited, customers are able to share the information they have received about the scheme. We cannot track the number of people who might have entered the scheme through such a referral.</p><p><strong> </strong></p></li></ol> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 150247 question first answered 11/06/2018 16:57:33 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

917666

	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	Bank Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people signed up for help to save accounts in (a) January, (b) February, (c) March, (d) April and (e) May 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	150247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <ol><li><p>The table below shows the number of Help to Save accounts which have been signed up to each month since January 2018. Numbers for May 2018 will not be finalised until the middle of June, and so cannot be provided.</p></li></ol><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Number of people signing up to Help to Save Accounts Since January 2018 (1)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Each month</p></td><td><p>Cumulatively</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2018</p></td><td><p>1,540</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>4,780</p></td><td><p>6,330</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018</p></td><td><p>10,800</p></td><td><p>17,120</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>(1) </strong>Numbers are represented in single units, so there were 10 people signed up to Help to Save in January, rising to seventeen thousand, one hundred and twenty cumulatively by the end of April. The figures are rounded to the nearest ten.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li><p>We do not have estimates available on the number of people invited to sign up for a Help to Save account. Customers are being invited to join the trial through the points of contact that tax credits and Universal Credit customers already have with Government, including the HMRC mobile app and Personal Tax Accounts. Once they have been invited, customers are able to share the information they have received about the scheme. We cannot track the number of people who might have entered the scheme through such a referral.</p><p><strong> </strong></p></li></ol> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 150246 question first answered 11/06/2018 16:57:33 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

172715

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the annual budget deficit and what was the structural deficit for each of the last 20 years; and what is their estimate of those figures for the current year and the next two years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL4035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>&quot;The independent Office for Budget Responsibility publishes this information in its ‘public finances databank’, the deficit being ‘Public sector net borrowing’ (PSNB) and the structural deficit being ‘Cyclically-adjusted net borrowing’ (CANB). The data are set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£bn</p></td><td><p>1994-95</p></td><td><p>1995-96</p></td><td><p>1996-97</p></td><td><p>1997-98</p></td><td><p>1998-99</p></td><td><p>1999-00</p></td><td><p>2000-01</p></td><td><p>2001-02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PSNB</p></td><td><p>43.8</p></td><td><p>35.3</p></td><td><p>27.7</p></td><td><p>5.8</p></td><td><p>-4.6</p></td><td><p>-14.8</p></td><td><p>-17.2</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CANB</p></td><td><p>37.8</p></td><td><p>25.6</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>14.1</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td><td><p>-1</p></td><td><p>-5.1</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>£bn</p></td><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PSNB</p></td><td><p>26.6</p></td><td><p>31.5</p></td><td><p>43.6</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>36.3</p></td><td><p>40.3</p></td><td><p>100.3</p></td><td><p>153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CANB</p></td><td><p>27.2</p></td><td><p>36.4</p></td><td><p>52.3</p></td><td><p>48.8</p></td><td><p>44.7</p></td><td><p>58.3</p></td><td><p>99.5</p></td><td><p>121.9</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>£bn</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>PSNB</p></td><td><p>112.4</p></td><td><p>119.4</p></td><td><p>97.5</p></td><td><p>91.3</p></td><td><p>75.9</p></td><td><p>40.9</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>CANB</p></td><td><p>81.8</p></td><td><p>86.2</p></td><td><p>70.6</p></td><td><p>77.4</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>34.8</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The outturn years are consistent with data published by the Office for National Statistics and the forecast years consistent with the ‘Economic and fiscal outlook’ published by the Office for Budget Responsibility in December 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 14/01/2015 17:34:10 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

224405

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many business rates appeals (a) are outstanding, (b) have been received and (c) have been cleared, in each region; and what the median number of days taken is to clear business rates appeals in each region.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	225941
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>'Local Rating Lists: Business Rates' statistics can be found in the 2010 'Local Rating list: day-to-day rating workload' Table As at:<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/non-domestic-rates-business-rates-local-rating-lists-experimental--2</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/03/2015 17:33:58 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

226584

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Macquarie Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings his Department has had with Macquarie Bank since May 2010; and who was present at such meetings.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	227239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>(1)Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis. They are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(2) HM Treasury does not sponsor any projects directly, and does not hold information on which parties invest in other department’s projects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 227243 question first answered 17/03/2015 17:50:21 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

226585

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Macquarie Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of his Department's projects Macquarie Bank has invested in since May 2010; and how much it has invested in each project.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	227243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>(1)Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis. They are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(2) HM Treasury does not sponsor any projects directly, and does not hold information on which parties invest in other department’s projects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 227239 question first answered 17/03/2015 17:50:21 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

155412

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what total amount his Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) the Government Car and Despatch Agency and (b) other car hire in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	214284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>(a) This information has already been published and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ol><li><p><a title="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080722/wmstext/80722m0008.htm" href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080722/wmstext/80722m0008.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080722/wmstext/80722m0008.htm</a></p></li><li><p><a title="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm" href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm</a></p></li><li><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101028/wmstext/101028m0001.htm#10102827000372" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101028/wmstext/101028m0001.htm#10102827000372</a></p></li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(b) Expenditure on other car hire could not be extracted without exceeding the statutory disproportionate costs threshold.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/11/2014 12:56:20 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

169393

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was raised per head in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland from (i) income taxes, (ii) taxes on property and (iii) the transaction of shares in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	218120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>(i) Estimates of the number of taxpayers and their income tax liabilities for the UK as a whole and for each constituent country are shown in the table attached. (Table one)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This is a summary of information published in HMRC’s National Statistics table 3.11. These estimates are compiled from the Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI). The latest year available is 2011-12, please note that the SPI for 2008-09 has not been published.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The years 2010-11 and 2011-12 are available from the following internet address</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-and-tax-by-gender-region-and-country-2010-to-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-and-tax-by-gender-region-and-country-2010-to-2011</a></p><p> </p><p>Estimates for 2009-10 and earlier years are published in the National Archive at the following internet address;<br></p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121102223513/http:/hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/menu-by-year.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121102223513/http:/hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/menu-by-year.htm</a></p><p> </p><p>Estimates of the numbers of individuals in the UK and each constituent country for the years corresponding with the table 1 are shown in the table attached. (Table 2)</p><p> </p><p>This summary is compiled from information published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in tables A1-1 to A1-7 which are published at the following internet address from which other years are available.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/search/index.html?pageSize=50&amp;sortBy=none&amp;sortDirection=none&amp;newquery=Table+A1-1" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/search/index.html?pageSize=50&amp;sortBy=none&amp;sortDirection=none&amp;newquery=Table+A1-1</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These estimates are at the mid-year point in time and are not directly comparable to HMRC published figures that represent all taxpayers across a full tax year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(ii) Estimates can be made of the average SDLT paid per head each year by comparing HMRC published tax receipts with ONS published population estimates.</p><p> </p><p>(iii) Stamp tax on shares is payable on the transfer of a liable security, and is usually paid automatically by the CREST electronic securities exchange system. The disaggregation between countries is based on companies’ registered locations, and not the location of their main activities or the location of the purchaser of the share (which is not known). For example the tax on the purchase of a share in an oil company with its main base of operation in Aberdeen but with its head office in London would count towards England’s receipts. Estimates can be made of the average Stamp tax on shares paid per head each year by comparing HMRC published tax receipts with ONS published population estimates.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s publication ‘Disaggregation of HMRC tax receipts’ can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/disaggregation-of-hmrc-tax-receipts" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/disaggregation-of-hmrc-tax-receipts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/disaggregation-of-hmrc-tax-receipts</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 16/12/2014 16:58:15 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke attachment 1 file name Pamela Nash tables attached.docx title Tables
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

166949

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Renewable Energy
	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 capacity of his Department's buildings for the micro-generation of renewable energy; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	216591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1 is the Treasury’s only freehold building. The building is Grade 2* listed, situated very close to Parliament and many other buildings of historic and architectural importance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of the three main renewable sources – solar, wind and water – from which energy can be micro-generated, only solar might be considered appropriate in this location.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Accordingly and in response to a ministerial initiative in February 2014, a brief study, in consultation with the PFI partner and FM provider, was carried out to assess the viability of solar photo-voltaic (PV) arrays on the building. The conclusion was that the clear roof and ground areas fall substantially short of the space required for viable arrays and the necessity of obtaining Listed Building Consent represents a formidable barrier.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/12/2014 17:01:25 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby