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58429

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Bolton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid through working tax credits to people in Bolton North East constituency in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
	uin	199151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>Table 1: Bolton North East constituency Working Tax Credit entitlement</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Tax Year</p></td><td><p>Total WTC entitlement</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£19 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£18 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£1<del class="ministerial">7</del><ins class="ministerial">6</ins> million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures have been rounded to the nearest £ million.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/06/2014 14:42:34 question first ministerially corrected 24/03/2015 12:39:34 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke previous answer version 939 answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

64002

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many self-employed people claimed (a) child tax credits and (b) working tax credits in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	202509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The following table is based on finalised tax credits administrative data for each financial year. The latest data available are 2012-13.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><em>Thousands</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of families in receipt of tax credits containing at least one member identified as self-employed</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Families benefitting from both WTC and CTC</p></td><td><p>Families benefitting from WTC Only</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>740</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>760</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>780</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">170</del> <ins class="ministerial">169</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data from earlier years is only available at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The decrease in the number of self employed households in 2012-13 can largely be explained by the removal of the ‘Second Income Threshold’ of tax credits in April 2012. This policy change removed a large number of higher income households from the whole tax credits population.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In general, there is and has been a long term trend of growth in the number of self employed people.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/07/2014 15:57:45 question first ministerially corrected 24/03/2015 11:57:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke previous answer version 7782 answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

48752

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in HM Revenue and Customs' National Minimum Wage team were monitoring Scotland in each year from 2010 to 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	196927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government takes the enforcement of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) very seriously. HMRC review every complaint that is referred to them by the Pay and Work Rights Helpline. In addition, by collating and analysing data received from various sources, HMRC ensure targeted enforcement through robust risk assessment processes to identify employers across the United Kingdom who are more likely to be not paying NMW.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC deploys resources to risk, so work relating to a specific geographical area is not always undertaken by the NMW team based in that area. In addition, the NMW Dynamic Response Team (DRT) provides a multi-agency response to emerging risks, high profile casework and compliance initiatives across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Staff across HMRC contribute to enforcing the NMW, including people who work in legal advice, debt management, technical support and criminal investigation, but HMRC does not record the specific numbers of those staff involved, beyond those identified above.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

61375

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax: Nottinghamshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) Nottinghamshire paid the top rate of income tax in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	200187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>Statistics on the number of additional rate income tax payers liable to pay the by government office regions, including the East Midlands, are published in HMRC's income tax statistics, table 2.2: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306856/Table_2.2.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306856/Table_2.2.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>County and constituency level information on additional rate tax payers is not published.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 16/06/2014 14:28:09 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

63187

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Corporation Tax: Ashfield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid in corporation tax by businesses registered in Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years; and what proportion of such taxation was paid by small and medium-sized enterprises.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	201870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>Since 2010 the Government has cut the main rate of corporation tax from 28% to 21%. It will fall further to 20% in April 2015. The Small Profits Rate was cut to 20% in April 2011. These corporation tax cuts will be worth around £9.5bn per year to businesses by 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the amount of Corporation Tax liable for payment by businesses with a registered address in the Ashfield parliamentary constituency for accounting periods ending in the past five years. The latest year for which figures are available is 2011-12.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corporation Tax liability (£m)</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures on the amount of tax paid, broken down by company size, are not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 30/06/2014 14:10:10 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke previous answer version 6520 answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

48671

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many letters were sent to businesses on the employment allowance; how many such letters have been returned undelivered; and what the total cost has been of production and postage of such letters.
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	John Mann
	uin	196675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p><strong>For the total number and costs of letters sent, I refer to the answer I gave to the hon. and Rt. hon. Members for Streatham, Blackburn, and Islington South and Finsbury on 10 April 2014 Column 365W. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Letters returned undelivered are handled externally as part of a contracted service.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

61986

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times HM Revenue and Customs has met with (a) the Ministry of Justice and (b) the Insolvency Service to discuss the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 reforms to insolvency litigation on creditors since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	200898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs regularly meet with other departments as a matter of course.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 23/06/2014 15:37:07 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

61987

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints have been made about HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last five years; and how many such complaints related to mistakes in calculated tax liability.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	200897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p><strong>The table below shows the number of complaints received by HM Revenue and Customs (excluding the VOA) for each of the years 2009/10 – 2013/14. The figure for 2013/14 will be published in the HMRC Annual Report later this month. </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of complaints </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>71406</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>76721</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>74831</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>67956</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>64729</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>HMRC's complaints database does not currently distinguish between complaints about mistakes in calculated tax liability from mistakes in other functions. HMRC is developing a robust process for learning from customer's complaints which aims to reduce or eliminate mistakes made. </strong></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 23/06/2014 15:04:40 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

62579

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to abolish tax on sanitary products.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast East
	tabling member printed	Naomi Long
	uin	201305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p><strong>I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave on 12 June 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, column 256W.</strong></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 24/06/2014 16:48:42 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3920 label Biography information for Naomi Long

47161

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	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 staff employed by (a) HM Revenue and Customs and (b) via his Department's sub-contractors are paid an hourly rate that is lower than the living wage in each site of employment in each parliamentary constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	195542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>99.81% of HMRC's staff are paid above the living wage.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury fully complies with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU" target="_blank">EU</a> procurement directives and awards contracts on the basis of the best value for money for the taxpayer. Nevertheless, we have encouraged contractors to commit to paying a living wage and expect all employers to pay at least the national minimum wage.</p><p>The Government supports businesses that choose to pay the Living Wage however the Government's main policy on wages is the National Minimum Wage, which has continued to protect the relative wages of the low paid. This is independently set by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Pay_Commission" target="_blank">Low Pay Commission</a> at a level that maximises their wages without reducing employment prospect. It is for workers and employers to decide the level of wages above the minimum wage based on current circumstances. This includes the Government as a procurer and an employer. Over 95%, around 20 million employees earn above the minimum wage and the <a title="The term &quot;majority&quot; is used in two ways in Parliament. Firstly a Government..." href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/glossary/?gl=37" target="_blank">majority</a> of public sector workers currently earn above the Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Data Protection Act we are unable to provide a full table breaking down the proportion of staff in each constituency being paid below the Living Wage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 198151 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead