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173506

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will publish a list of the high charging pension schemes referred to by the Independent Project Board in its report, Defined contribution workplace pensions: The audit of charges and benefits in legacy schemes, published in December 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
	uin	220645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The recent audit of charges and benefits in legacy pension schemes was undertaken by an Independent Project Board, on which the Department for Work and Pensions was represented. The data collected as part of the legacy audit which was shared with members of the Independent Project Board was aggregated and anonymised. We do not therefore hold provider or scheme specific information.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/01/2015 14:17:40 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

222404

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance and Evasion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in HM Revenue and Customs have been assigned to deal with (a) pursuing cases of tax evasion and (b) investigating tax avoidance schemes in each of the last four financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
	uin	224575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) allocates resources in a flexible manner, so that it maximises performance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the structure and organisation of HM Revenue and Customs is available at</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrcs-annual-report-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrcs-annual-report-and-accounts</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/03/2015 17:11:48 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

222415

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Landlords: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the effect on revenues to the Exchequer of buy-to-let landlords (a) being able to offset their bank interest against taxable income, (b) claiming the 10 per cent wear and tear allowance and (c) minimising their exposure to capital gains tax on the sale of properties by use of allowances or reliefs in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
	uin	224674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 27/02/2015 13:06:53 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

47163

	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, if he will estimate the average net change in household income, taking account of consequential changes to benefits and tax credits, for (a) single earner households (i) without children, (ii) with one child and (iii) with two or more children and (b) two-earner couple households (i) without children, (ii) with one child and (iii) with two or more children in receipt of universal credit or other tax credits or in-work benefits as a result of the increase in the personal allowance in (1) 2014-15, (2) 2015-16 and (3) 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
	uin	195598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>This information is not available, as the requested breakdowns have not been collated in this way.</p><p> </p><p>The Government routinely publishes distributional analysis of the cumulative impact of all its measures – which includes any offsetting reductions to benefits as a result of changes to tax – in the “Impact on Households” document, the most recent of which accompanied Budget 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

47164

	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 people in each (a) region and (b) constituent part of the UK were in receipt of (i) universal credit and (ii) other in-work tax credits or benefits at the beginning of the current financial year; and if he will estimate the likely numbers of such people in each of the following two financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
	uin	195483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p><strong>The provisional award Child and Working Tax Credits statistics for December 2013, split by geography, are available at:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/266640/1312_Geog_sent.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/266640/1312_Geog_sent.xls</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2 breaks down Tax Credit claimants by Region and Table 4 by constituency. Those in receipt of WTC are presented within the ‘WTC and CTC' and ‘With no children' columns.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Figures for the current financial year are not yet available, but HMRC are due to publish the next provisional tax credits national statistics for April 2014 on 25 April. </strong></p><p><strong>Forecasts of tax credit claimant numbers are not available.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Official statistics on Universal Credit were published on 19 March and can be found at:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/293502/universal-credit-first-release-mar14.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/293502/universal-credit-first-release-mar14.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>DWP announced plans for the next stage of implementation on 5 December, and these were set out in a written ministerial statement (WMS). The WMS can be found here:</strong></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/universal-credit-progress" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/universal-credit-progress</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Statistics on numbers in receipt of other benefits are available here: </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

47171

	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, what discussions he has held with financial institutions based in the UK in respect of improving tax transparency in other jurisdictions in which they or their subsidiaries operate.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
	uin	195444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p><strong>The Government carried out a formal consultation, starting in September 2013, on the Capital Requirements Directive's tax transparency proposals for financial institutions which require country-by-country reporting. The records of the consultation are publicly available.</strong></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

49212

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	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, which meetings or telephone calls have taken place between Ministers and officials in his Department and (a) the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, (b) BlackRock, (c) Capital Research, (d) Fidelity Worldwide, (e) GIC, (f) Henderson, (g) JP Morgan, (h) Kuwait Investment Office, (i) Lansdowne Partners, (j) Lazard Asset Management, (k) Och Ziff, Schroders, (l) Soros, (m) Standard Life, (n) Third Point and (o) Threadneedle since 2010 and what was discussed in any such discussions.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
	uin	197329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>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>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p><p> </p><p>Details of officials' meetings with external organisations are not held centrally and it would entail disproportionate cost to collate this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

76909

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Private Members' Bills
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues about Private Members' Bills.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
	uin	904789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with ministerial colleagues about legislation before the House, including Private Members' Bills.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Andrew Lansley question first answered 10/07/2014 14:05:12 answering member 123 label Biography information for Lord Lansley
	tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

167874

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Backbench Business Committee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what assessment he has made of the effect of the creation of the Backbench Business Committee on the work of the House.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
	uin	906424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>I have not made a recent assessment of the effect of the creation of the Backbench Business Committee on the work of the House, but the Government response to the Procedure Committee review, published in February 2013, agreed that the Backbench Business Committee had been 'widely welcomed as a successful and effective innovation'.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Mr William Hague question first answered 04/12/2014 15:52:32 answering member 379 label Biography information for Lord Hague of Richmond
	tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain

166375

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers who have been granted permission to work, where the claimant has waited more than 12 months for an initial decision on their asylum claims for asylum-based further submissions, are recorded as having subsequently secured employment in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Mr William Bain
	uin	216163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested by the Honourable Member is not centrally recorded and as such could only be answered with data collated through a disproportionately expensive manual search of individual case files.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 216164 question first answered 02/12/2014 12:51:38 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1610 label Biography information for Mr William Bain