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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

917580

	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	Rosneft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government plans to take under the provisions of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 in respect of the listing of shares in the Russian state-owned energy company Rosneft on the London Stock Exchange.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	149962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Council Regulation (EU) 833/2014 implements measures aimed at limiting investment in 11 Russian entities with a view to increasing the costs of Russia's actions to undermine Ukraine's territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence. Rosneft is captured by this Regulation, but this does not stop the London Stock Exchange allowing them to be listed. As we will be bound by EU sanctions until we leave the EU, if Rosneft can be listed on the London Stock Exchange according to the EU Council Regulation, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is under no obligation to stop them from being listed. Until the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act is commenced, we will continue to impose sanctions in alignment with EU partners. The UK complies with EU sanctions, which include economic restrictions on Rosneft under the Economic Sanctions linked to the full implementation of the Minsk Agreements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/06/2018 15:41:42 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

917583

	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	Rosneft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the listing of shares in the Russian state-owned energy company Rosneft on the London Stock Exchange in light of provisions in the new Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	149965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>Council Regulation (EU) 833/2014 implements measures aimed at limiting investment in 11 Russian entities with a view to increasing the costs of Russia's actions to undermine Ukraine's territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence. Rosneft is captured by this Regulation, but this does not stop the London Stock Exchange allowing them to be listed. As we will be bound by EU sanctions until we leave the EU, if Rosneft can be listed on the London Stock Exchange according to the EU Council Regulation, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is under no obligation to stop them from being listed. Until the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act is commenced, we will continue to impose sanctions in alignment with EU partners. The UK complies with EU sanctions, which include economic restrictions on Rosneft under the Economic Sanctions linked to the full implementation of the Minsk Agreements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/06/2018 12:59:51 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

917455

	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	Customs Declaration Services Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many contractors are engaged by HMRC to work on the implementation of the Customs Declaration Service.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	150156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>HMRC currently has 63 contingent labour contractors working on the Customs Declaration Service. The number of contractors working on the programme has varied considerably over time. HMRC only employs contractors when there is a clearly identifiable skills gap that it cannot fill within the existing staff resources at its disposal.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 12/06/2018 11:02:50 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

917451

	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	Customs Declaration Services Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding has been allocated from the public purse to HMRC to implement the Customs Declaration Service.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	150154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>HMRC has been provided with sufficient funding to undertake the work required on the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) to date. By the end of March 2018, HMRC had been allocated and spent £104 million. Funding for future years will come from a mixture of 2015 Spending Review funding agreed by HM Treasury for CDS and funds allocated to HMRC to ensure the department is prepared for exiting the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/06/2018 15:39:48 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

917445

	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	Revenue and Customs: Dundee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Financial Secretary to the Treasury of 7 March 2018, Official Report, column 428, what proportion of HMRC staff based in Sidlaw House, Dundee, his Department estimates will be able to (a) transfer to an HMRC Regional Centre or (b) complete their career in that location.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	150150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>HMRC modelling suggests that 22% of those currently located in Sidlaw House are within Reasonable Daily Travel of the new Regional Centre. HMRC modelling has focused on employee transfer rather than identifying those who will see out their career in Sidlaw House.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC wants to retain the skills, knowledge and experience of all the people affected and, where possible, it we will do everything it can to avoid exits or redundancies. HMRC will continue to offer practical support for people who want to remain in the Civil Service, as well as for those who may choose to leave. HMRC have agreed with the Scottish Government that it will work closely on known recruitment plans that they have in Dundee. This will ramp up over the next few years and HMRC will work together to help HMRC employees in Dundee to secure roles with the Scottish Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 13/06/2018 16:04:33 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

917446

	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	Revenue and Customs: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral answer of the Prime Minister of 2 May 2018, Official Report, column 312, whether HMRC is able to offer a 2018 pay award to its staff in excess of 1 per cent without ministerial approval.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	150151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Pay for civil servants is delegated to government departments, within a framework of financial and other parameters. These parameters are agreed by Cabinet Office and HM Treasury Ministers each year, which are set out in the Civil Service pay guidance.</p><p> </p><p>All government departments are required to submit their pay remit business case to their Secretary of State irrespective of the value of the pay award. As HMRC does not have a Secretary of State, they are required to seek approval from HM Treasury ministers for all annual pay awards.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/06/2018 16:25:38 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

917769

	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	Offshore Funds: Panama
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what efforts they are making to secure substantial amendments to Panama's Corporation Law 32 following the publication of Overcoming the Shadow Economy by the Freidrich Ebert Stiftung in November 2016, and other analyses of the Panama Papers and of opaque offshore financial transactions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL8363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>Tackling the shadow economy and improving international tax transparency is a priority for this Government. We work with a range of international partners to tackle illicit financial flows, and have worked closely with Panama’s government to amend and implement key legislation before and after the so-called “Panama Papers”.</p><p>Rather than focus specifically on amending Corporation Law 32, this Government continues to work with Panama on the implementation of new laws, which help it improve regulation of the sector.</p><p>As part of President Varela’s visit to the UK in May 2018, the Prime Minister, Chancellor and others discussed the importance of passing and enforcing relevant legislation.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/06/2018 15:53:35 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

917577

	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	Foreign Companies: Russia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government will review the regulations relating to the admission of Russian companies to the London Stock Exchange as a result of plans by that exchange to suspend the trading of shares in EN+ Group.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	149959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is the competent authority for listings. For listed companies, the UK Listing Authority (a division of the FCA) monitors and enforces compliance with the Listing Rules. The decision as to whether to prevent the trading of certain shares on the London Stock Exchange rests with the FCA and London Stock Exchange. The FCA has no power to refuse a listing for reasons of security or national interests. Under the applicable legislation, the Treasury has no power to intervene to block a flotation on national security grounds.</p><p> </p><p>The Government operates a rule of law based system whereby sanctions can only be applied when clear criteria are met. Any additional legislation on listings on the grounds of national security would need to demonstrably add value to the Government’s existing powers.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 149960 149961 149963 149964 question first answered 11/06/2018 16:17:49 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley