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389467

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	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, how many and what proportion of (a) individuals and (b) families in each region of the UK will be affected by the reduction of the threshold for withdrawal of tax credits from £6420 to £3850; and what proportion of all tax credit recipients in each region such figures represent.
	tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
	tabling member printed	Owen Smith
	uin	6857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is making changes to Tax Credits and Universal Credit which will help put welfare spending on a more sustainable path. 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>HMRC publishes information on the income used to calculate a family’s tax credit award. The most recent available data is for 2013/14 and can be found here: <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>This information can be found in Table 1c.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/07/2015 16:38:32 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

387910

	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: Birmingham Northfield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Birmingham, Northfield constituency are in receipt of tax credits.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	5700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The information is available on the publication ‘Personal tax credits: Finalised award statistics - geographical statistics’ available on the GOV.UK website here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-tax-credits-statistics" target="_blank"><br> gov.uk/government/collections/personal-tax-credits-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/07/2015 13:27:16 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

389001

	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: Kingston upon Hull
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in Hull local authority area does he forecast will (a) no longer receive tax credits and (b) receive less tax credits due to the changes announced in the Summer Budget 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	6466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>This information is not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information about the number of benefitting families and average entitlement by region and Parliamentary Constituency in in the tax year 2013-14 can be found in the publication ‘Personal tax credits: Finalised award statistics – geographical statistics 2013-2014’ here:</p><p> </p><p> </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> </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> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 14/07/2015 13:35:05 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

388994

	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: Preston
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in Preston constituency he forecasts will be subject to a reduction in tax credits as a result of changes announced in the Summer Budget 2015; and what estimate he has made of the average such reduction per household.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
	uin	6493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>This information is not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information about the number of benefitting families and average entitlement in the Preston constituency in the tax year 2013-14 can be found in the publication ‘Personal tax credits: Finalised award statistics – geographical statistics 2013-2014’ here:</p><p> </p><p> </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> </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> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/07/2015 13:25:53 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

388517

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many serving members of each branch of the armed forces are in receipt of (a) child and (b) working tax credits.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	6266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/07/2015 13:22:39 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

387564

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent on child benefit in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	tabling member printed	Tom Elliott
	uin	5567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The requested information is available in the publication ‘Disaggregated tax and NICs receipts: statistics table’ on the GOV.UK website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/disaggregation-of-hmrc-tax-receipts" target="_blank">gov.uk/government/statistics/disaggregation-of-hmrc-tax-receipts</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This publication provides finalised figures for each country in the UK of the total amount paid by HMRC for Child Benefit in all tax years from 2003-04 to 2013-14, and also includes provisional figures for 2014-15 which are subject to change.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The relevant Child Benefit figures can be found in last column of the publication.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/07/2015 13:24:35 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4367 label Biography information for Tom Elliott

388519

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Corporation Tax
	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 companies which pay less in corporation tax than their employees gain from tax credits annually.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	6148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The information is not held</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/07/2015 13:58:45 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

389470

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	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, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the statement by the Institute for Fiscal Studies that increases in the minimum wage will not fully compensate for changes made to the tax credits system.
	tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
	tabling member printed	Ian Blackford
	uin	6778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>As a result of the introduction of the National Living Wage, 2.75m workers are expected to benefit directly, and up to 6m could see their pay rise as a result of a ripple effect up the earnings distribution.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Overall, 8 out of 10 working households will be better off in 2017-18 as a result of the Summer Budget increase to the income tax personal allowance, welfare changes, and introduction of the National Living Wage. This translates to 12.5 million working households who will be better off.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/07/2015 13:55:17 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4390 label Biography information for Ian Blackford

388108

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cider: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy that the tax exemption for cider producers who sell under 70hl per annum remain in force.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	6019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>As announced at Summer Budget 2015, the government will retain the current duty exemption for small cider producers until and unless a replacement scheme is established.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK is discussing reforms to EU law with the EU commission and other Member States, so that it explicitly allows member states to support small cider makers through the duty regime. The government is also looking at alternatives that could apply. The government will work with industry on both of these.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Small cider makers are a traditional part of rural economies who help create a diverse and vibrant cider market and the government is committed to maintaining support for the industry.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 6020 6021 question first answered 13/07/2015 13:56:57 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

389045

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to allocate funds raised by vehicle excise duty to renewable energy and green transport initiatives.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	6505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Chancellor announced at Summer Budget 2015 a reform of Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) to create a new Roads Fund. VED will be reformed for cars first registered from 1 April 2017, existing cars will remain in the current system. From 2020-21 all revenue raised from VED in England will be allocated to the new Roads Fund and invested directly back into the strategic road network. The government will engage with the Devolved Administrations on how the money is allocated there.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/07/2015 13:46:46 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn