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	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of the average claim for tax credit made by people who were (a) out of work, (b) self-employed and (c) employed in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	198956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 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 rowspan="2"><p>Tax Year</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p>Average tax credit award for households who are classified as 'in work'</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average tax credit award for households who are classified as 'out of work'</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as self employed only</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as employed only</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as both employed and self employed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>£4,700</p></td><td><p>£6,500</p></td><td><p>£3,300</p></td><td><p>£3,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£5,000</p></td><td><p>£6,800</p></td><td><p>£3,700</p></td><td><p>£4,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£5,200</p></td><td><p>£6,900</p></td><td><p>£3,900</p></td><td><p>£4,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£5,600</p></td><td><p>£7,200</p></td><td><p>£4,500</p></td><td><p>£4,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£6,000</p></td><td><p>£<del class="ministerial">7,600</del> <ins class="ministerial"><ins>7,500</ins></ins></p></td><td><p>£<del class="ministerial">6,300</del> <ins class="ministerial"><ins>6,200</ins></ins></p></td><td><p>£<del class="ministerial">6,400</del> <ins class="ministerial"><ins>6,000</ins></ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures have been rounded to the nearest £100.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The increase in average tax credit awards in 2012-13 can largely be explained by the removal of the ‘Second Income Threshold’ in April 2012. This policy removed a number of higher income households from the tax credit population. As higher income households generally have lower tax credits awards, the effect of removing these households increases the average award.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 10/06/2014 09:38:55 question first ministerially corrected 24/03/2015 12:39:18 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes previous answer version 268 answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

48145

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	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 estimate he has made of the loss to the public purse as a result of illicit, illegal and smuggled tobacco in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	196391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p><strong>Estimates of the volume and total revenue losses associated with the tobacco illicit market are published in ‘Tobacco Tax Gap estimates: 2012-13'. The figures are available in tables 4.1 and 4.5. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>These estimates cannot be disaggregated by the type of illicit activity, e.g. through smuggling, counterfeiting or other fraud.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>The methodology for producing the estimates are provided in the ‘Methodological Annex for Measuring Tax Gaps 2013'.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Both documents can be accessed via the following page on the HMRC website:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/measuring-tax-gaps" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/measuring-tax-gaps</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan grouped question UIN 196390 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

48285

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	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 estimate he has made of the (a) number of cigarettes, (b) volume of roll-your own tobacco and (c) value of the (i) cigarettes and (ii) tobacco smuggled into the UK in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	196390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p><strong>Estimates of the volume and total revenue losses associated with the tobacco illicit market are published in ‘Tobacco Tax Gap estimates: 2012-13'. The figures are available in tables 4.1 and 4.5. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>These estimates cannot be disaggregated by the type of illicit activity, e.g. through smuggling, counterfeiting or other fraud.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>The methodology for producing the estimates are provided in the ‘Methodological Annex for Measuring Tax Gaps 2013'.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Both documents can be accessed via the following page on the HMRC website:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/measuring-tax-gaps" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/measuring-tax-gaps</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan grouped question UIN 196391 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

50106

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	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, whether his Department has undertaken any work to assess how many jobs in the UK are dependent on trade with the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Wells
	tabling member printed	Tessa Munt
	uin	198142
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>HM Treasury regularly monitors economic developments in the UK and elsewhere. In doing so, it considers a wide range of publications and analyses, from many sources and covering many issues.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	4089 label Biography information for Tessa Munt

49036

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2014
	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 HM Revenue and Customs will share the evaluation of the Tax Credit Error and Fraud Adding Capacity trial with recognised trade unions.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	197124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>From April to July 2013, HMRC carried out a trial to test whether it would be feasible to increase the number of compliance checks on tax credits claims, through the use of private sector resource. HMRC will publish the evaluation of the trial and the customer research report in due course.</p><p> </p><p>It is not appropriate to place the business case in the public domain given the commercial sensitivities and the risk of prejudice to HMRC's ability to tackle tax credits error and fraud.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of the external costs of the trial, I refer the Hon Member to the Thirty-Fourth Report of the Committee of Public Accounts [2013/14] into HMRC Tax Collection: Annual Report &amp; Accounts 2012–13, which may be found at <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmpubacc/666/66602.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmpubacc/666/66602.htm</a>. All internal HMRC operating costs are published annually in the HMRC Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan grouped question UIN 197122 197123 197125 question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

49037

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2014
	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 much has been spent by HM Revenue and Customs on preparatory work for the outsourcing of Tax Credit Error and Fraud Adding Capacity to date.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	197125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>From April to July 2013, HMRC carried out a trial to test whether it would be feasible to increase the number of compliance checks on tax credits claims, through the use of private sector resource. HMRC will publish the evaluation of the trial and the customer research report in due course.</p><p> </p><p>It is not appropriate to place the business case in the public domain given the commercial sensitivities and the risk of prejudice to HMRC's ability to tackle tax credits error and fraud.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of the external costs of the trial, I refer the Hon Member to the Thirty-Fourth Report of the Committee of Public Accounts [2013/14] into HMRC Tax Collection: Annual Report &amp; Accounts 2012–13, which may be found at <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmpubacc/666/66602.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmpubacc/666/66602.htm</a>. All internal HMRC operating costs are published annually in the HMRC Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan grouped question UIN 197122 197123 197124 question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

49038

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2014
	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 assessment he has made of the performance of the Tax Credit Error and Fraud Adding Capacity trial involving the private company Transactis in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	197122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>From April to July 2013, HMRC carried out a trial to test whether it would be feasible to increase the number of compliance checks on tax credits claims, through the use of private sector resource. HMRC will publish the evaluation of the trial and the customer research report in due course.</p><p> </p><p>It is not appropriate to place the business case in the public domain given the commercial sensitivities and the risk of prejudice to HMRC's ability to tackle tax credits error and fraud.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of the external costs of the trial, I refer the Hon Member to the Thirty-Fourth Report of the Committee of Public Accounts [2013/14] into HMRC Tax Collection: Annual Report &amp; Accounts 2012–13, which may be found at <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmpubacc/666/66602.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmpubacc/666/66602.htm</a>. All internal HMRC operating costs are published annually in the HMRC Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan grouped question UIN 197123 197124 197125 question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

49039

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2014
	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 place in the Library a copy of the business case for the outsourcing of compliance checks on tax credits claims.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	197123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>From April to July 2013, HMRC carried out a trial to test whether it would be feasible to increase the number of compliance checks on tax credits claims, through the use of private sector resource. HMRC will publish the evaluation of the trial and the customer research report in due course.</p><p> </p><p>It is not appropriate to place the business case in the public domain given the commercial sensitivities and the risk of prejudice to HMRC's ability to tackle tax credits error and fraud.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of the external costs of the trial, I refer the Hon Member to the Thirty-Fourth Report of the Committee of Public Accounts [2013/14] into HMRC Tax Collection: Annual Report &amp; Accounts 2012–13, which may be found at <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmpubacc/666/66602.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmpubacc/666/66602.htm</a>. All internal HMRC operating costs are published annually in the HMRC Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan grouped question UIN 197122 197124 197125 question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

49384

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	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 registered as self-employed claimed tax credits in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	197586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p><strong>The following table is </strong><strong>based on finalised tax credits administrative data for each financial year. The latest data available is 2011-12. </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Tax Year</p></td><td><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>Thousands</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>910</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

49718

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	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 single person tax credit claims have been sanctioned or stopped in each constituency in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	197737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>HMRC do not hold the requested information and there would be a disproportionate cost attached to obtaining it.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane