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44914

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/04/2014
	date	25/03/2014
	date tabled	25/03/2014
	ddp created	25/03/2014 22:39:14
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:01:24
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6317
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	08/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government by how much they expect overall alcohol consumption to rise or fall across the United Kingdom as a result of the changes in alcohol duty announced in the Budget.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL6317
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6317
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p><strong>The Government expects that there will be a small increase in alcohol consumption as a result of the changes to alcohol duty announced at Budget 2014. The tables below provide estimates of changes in consumption in both percentage and volume terms for each type of alcohol consumed, relative to the previous alcohol duty rates policy.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Estimated increase in consumption (%):</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Beer</strong></p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Spirits</strong></p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>1.3%</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Alcopops</strong></p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cider</strong></p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wine</strong></p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Estimated increase in consumption (thousand hectolitres of alcohol):</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Beer</strong></p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Spirits</strong></p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Alcopops</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cider</strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wine</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr></tbody></table> question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00
	creator	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

46406

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/04/2014
	date	01/04/2014
	date tabled	01/04/2014
	ddp created	01/04/2014 22:51:42
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:04:09
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6503
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many VAT inspectors, tax inspectors and senior tax inspectors were employed by HM Revenue and Customs in the financial year 2009–10; and how many will be employed in 2014–15.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL6503
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6503
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs was formed by the merger of Inland Revenue and HM Customs &amp; Excise in 2005 and the VAT Inspector and Tax Inspector are no longer roles in the organisation. There are some 17,000 tax professionals in HM Revenue &amp; Customs carrying out a range of duties from tackling non-compliance with tax obligations to advising Ministers on changes in legislation.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the overall numbers of tax professionals has largely been maintained from 2009/10 to the present day, and will be into 2014/15, the way in which those tax professionals have been deployed has changed to address priority areas of tax risk. This is reflected in the compliance yield, which almost doubled between 2005 and 2011 to £13.9 billion, and increased again to reach £20.7 billion in 2012/13 as key risks were addressed.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs continues to recruit substantial numbers of graduates and suitable internal candidates to develop as senior tax professionals, around 600 in the period 2012/13 to 2014/15, to maintain numbers and enhance capability.</p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00
	creator	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

60577

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	09/06/2014
	date tabled	09/06/2014
	ddp created	09/06/2014 22:02:43
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:15:50
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Money Advice Service
	house id	2
	identifier	HL166
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/06/2014 16:21:35
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many calls per week on average were received by the Money Advice Service (1) before, and (2) after, the television advertising campaign; and how much has been spent on the campaign.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Moonie
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL166
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL166
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>This matter is the responsibility of the Money Advice Service. I have asked the Chief Executive to respond and will arrange for a copy of the letter to be deposited in the Libraries of the House.</p> question first answered 23/06/2014 16:21:35
	creator	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	621 label Biography information for Lord Moonie

49882

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/05/2014
	date	06/05/2014
	date tabled	06/05/2014
	ddp created	06/05/2014 23:16:53
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:09:24
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6867
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	14/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people currently complete a tax return; what is the average cost per case to HM Revenue and Customs of dealing with such tax returns; and whether they have made an estimate of the additional cost if all taxpayers were required to complete a tax return.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Bichard
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL6867
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6867
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Around 10 million individuals are required to complete a Self Assessment tax return each year.</p><p> </p><p>The particular information about cost per case is only available at a disproportionate cost. But although HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not have this information readily available the average cost of processing a personal income tax return was published by HMRC in the ‘International Tax Benchmarking Study' in 2011 which is available on the HMRC website at: <a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/research/benchmarking.pdf" target="_blank">www.hmrc.gov.uk/research/benchmarking.pdf</a></p><p> </p> question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00
	creator	3863 label Biography information for Lord Bichard
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3863 label Biography information for Lord Bichard

46403

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/04/2014
	date	01/04/2014
	date tabled	01/04/2014
	ddp created	01/04/2014 22:51:40
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:04:03
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6500
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have (1) applied for, and (2) been granted, help through (a) the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme, and (b) the Help to Buy equity loan scheme, in each of the ten districts of Greater Manchester.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL6500
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6500
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>LORD NEWBY</p><p>a) On 23 March, the Prime Minister announced that 2,572 mortgages were supported by the Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee scheme in its first four months. 342 of these were in the North West. The Government does not generally collect data on the number of applications participating lenders receive for mortgages supported by the Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee scheme. However, as a single submission to the Government, two of the largest lenders in the Scheme, Lloyds and RBS, have said they received 9,569 applications, and one of the smallest lenders in the Scheme, Aldermore, received 2,313 applications.</p><p> </p><p>Now the Scheme is open, the Government is collecting data on mortgages covered by the guarantee, and will report in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>b) The Government publishes monthly statistics on the cumulative number of homes purchased (legal completions), with the support of Help to Buy: equity loans, by local authority in England. The data can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 11/04/2014 12:00:00
	creator	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

62808

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/07/2014
	date	19/06/2014
	date tabled	19/06/2014
	ddp created	19/06/2014 18:57:31
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:23:10
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Self-employed
	house id	2
	identifier	HL488
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	30/06/2014 15:24:26
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many self-employed workers were registered with HM Revenue and Customs at the end of each financial year since 2010–11.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Christopher
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL488
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL488
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Estimates for the number of individuals with self employment sources are published in HMRC's National Statistics Table 3.10[1]. These estimates are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes for which 2011-12 is the latest available year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/income-of-individuals-with-self-employment-sources-2010-to-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/income-of-individuals-with-self-employment-sources-2010-to-2011</a></p><p> </p> question first answered 30/06/2014 15:24:26
	creator	3395 label Biography information for Lord Christopher
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3395 label Biography information for Lord Christopher

64128

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/07/2014
	date	25/06/2014
	date tabled	25/06/2014
	ddp created	25/06/2014 22:20:54
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:26:37
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	2
	identifier	HL632
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	07/07/2014 11:08:38
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much income tax was collected in the last financial year, broken down by sector.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Courtown
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL632
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL632
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The latest available information on the industry distribution of PAYE income tax deducted from pay is published here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306815/table2-10-0414.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306815/table2-10-0414.pdf</a></p> question first answered 07/07/2014 11:08:38
	creator	3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown

60531

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	09/06/2014
	date tabled	09/06/2014
	ddp created	09/06/2014 22:02:27
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:14:47
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure
	house id	2
	identifier	HL120
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 15:26:43
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much is being invested in national infrastructure in 2014, and how much planned over the next five years, as a percentage share of gross domestic product; and how that compares with the long-run Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development average.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL120
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL120
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government's measure of total public infrastructure investment is public sector gross investment (PSGI). The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecast at the March 2014 Budget that this will be 3.0 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2014-15. Forecasts of government expenditure are generally made on a financial rather than a calendar year basis and are presently only available out to 2018-19.The figures to the end of the forecast period are as set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public sector gross investment as % of GDP</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>PSGI measures the direct spending on infrastructure projects by the whole public sector, unlike other measures such as net investment which are adjusted to exclude certain elements of spending. Internationally comparable figures for PSGI are not readily available. The UK's fiscal framework is based around the entire public sector, many other countries only use a measure for general government that excludes public corporations so these are often the only comparative measures available. The OBR forecasts include some international comparisons of different investment measures. These can be found at the link below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/economic-fiscal-outlook-march-2014/" target="_blank">http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/economic-fiscal-outlook-march-2014/</a></p><p> </p><p>Neither PSGI nor the OBR figures include private investment in infrastructure which is an important element of overall infrastructure investment in the UK. The published infrastructure pipeline, which covers economic infrastructure only, provides an overview of planned public and private investment to 2020 and beyond, and can be found at the link below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-infrastructure-plan-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-infrastructure-plan-2013</a></p> question first answered 19/06/2014 15:26:43
	creator	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

62806

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/07/2014
	date	19/06/2014
	date tabled	19/06/2014
	ddp created	19/06/2014 18:57:31
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:23:07
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
	house id	2
	identifier	HL486
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	30/06/2014 15:23:05
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much is raised annually from National Insurance contributions.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Christopher
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL486
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL486
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Information on monthly and annual receipts of National Insurance contributions is published in table HM Revenue and Customs Receipts on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p><p>A link to the most recent publication is given below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321069/20140610_Maymonthlyreceipts.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321069/20140610_Maymonthlyreceipts.pdf</a></p> question first answered 30/06/2014 15:23:05
	creator	3395 label Biography information for Lord Christopher
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3395 label Biography information for Lord Christopher

65835

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/07/2014
	date	03/07/2014
	date tabled	03/07/2014
	ddp created	03/07/2014 20:18:20
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:31:33
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Unpaid Taxes
	house id	2
	identifier	HL827
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	14/07/2014 16:13:21
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money is owed to HM Revenue and Customs by those whom they have contacted repeatedly to pay what they owe, as described in paragraph 2.4 of the HM Revenue and Customs report Direct Recovery of Debts published on 6 May 2014.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Howard of Rising
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL827
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL827
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The additional tax revenue HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) expects to collect through the use of this policy is represented in Table 2.1 of the Budget 2014 document.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As set out in paragraph 2.12 of the Direct Recovery of Debts consultation document, HMRC estimates that this measure will apply to around 17,000 debtors a year, who have an average of £5,800 in tax and tax credit debts and around £20,000 in their bank and building society accounts.</p> question first answered 14/07/2014 16:13:21
	creator	3674 label Biography information for Lord Howard of Rising
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3674 label Biography information for Lord Howard of Rising