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917463

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department has received from people and organisations affected by off-payroll working rules and changes to IR35 regulations on those rules and changes; and what proportion of those representations have been critical of the IR35 changes.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	150081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>The government has consulted widely on off-payroll working rules (known as IR35), since the Summer Budget 2015. In July 2015, the government published the ‘Intermediaries Legislation (IR35): discussion document’, which sought views on the existing rules and options for change.</p><p> </p><p>After Budget 2016, the government published the consultation document, ‘Off-payroll working in the public sector: reform of the intermediaries legislation’. HMRC met with over 500 people from a wide range of organisations to discuss the proposed changes, and received over 200 written responses to the consultation.</p><p> </p><p>Following the introduction of the new rules in April 2017, the government commissioned independent research into the impact of the changes. This was published on 18 May 2018 and is available to view online: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/off-payroll-reform-in-the-public-sector" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/off-payroll-reform-in-the-public-sector</a></p><p> </p><p>The government’s assessment is that the reform has been successful in increasing tax compliance for off-payroll workers in the public sector.</p><p> </p><p>The government is now consulting on possible reform to the off-payroll working rules in the private sector. As part of that consultation, HMRC is planning to meet over 200 people, including representatives of a wide range of affected stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 150082 question first answered 13/06/2018 16:11:27 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

917465

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation mechanisms his Department uses to help assess the effect of (a) changes to IR35 regulations and (b) regulatory changes; and assessment he has made of the adequacy of those mechanisms.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	150082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>The government has consulted widely on off-payroll working rules (known as IR35), since the Summer Budget 2015. In July 2015, the government published the ‘Intermediaries Legislation (IR35): discussion document’, which sought views on the existing rules and options for change.</p><p> </p><p>After Budget 2016, the government published the consultation document, ‘Off-payroll working in the public sector: reform of the intermediaries legislation’. HMRC met with over 500 people from a wide range of organisations to discuss the proposed changes, and received over 200 written responses to the consultation.</p><p> </p><p>Following the introduction of the new rules in April 2017, the government commissioned independent research into the impact of the changes. This was published on 18 May 2018 and is available to view online: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/off-payroll-reform-in-the-public-sector" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/off-payroll-reform-in-the-public-sector</a></p><p> </p><p>The government’s assessment is that the reform has been successful in increasing tax compliance for off-payroll workers in the public sector.</p><p> </p><p>The government is now consulting on possible reform to the off-payroll working rules in the private sector. As part of that consultation, HMRC is planning to meet over 200 people, including representatives of a wide range of affected stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 150081 question first answered 13/06/2018 16:11:27 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

917576

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason a 10 pence discount on the market closing price was offered to institutional investors purchasing RBS shares from UK Government Investments on 4 June 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
	uin	150096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s shareholding in the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is managed at arm's length and on a commercial basis through UK Government Investments Ltd (UKGI), a company which is wholly owned by the Government, with the objective of creating and protecting value for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>On 5 June 2018 the Government concluded a second sale of its shareholding in RBS, restarting the phased return of the bank to full private ownership. The Government sold approximately 7.7% of the bank (925m shares) through an overnight accelerated bookbuild (ABB) process, raising just over £2.5bn for the taxpayer (at a price of 271p per share). This reduced the government shareholding to 62.4% (from 70.1% pre-sale).</p><p> </p><p>UKGI advised that an ABB would be the most appropriate method for restarting the RBS sale programme. It is usual market practice for ABB sales to price at a small discount to the closing market price. This is necessary to enable the sale of a large number of shares in a single transaction, with recent discounts on large ABBs ranging between 2% and 6%. The Government takes account of this discount when considering the value for money of a transaction, given it is a usual feature in such large transactions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/06/2018 13:02:32 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

917665

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bank Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were invited to sign up for help to save accounts in (a) January, (b) February, (c) March, (d) April and (e) May 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	150246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <ol><li><p>The table below shows the number of Help to Save accounts which have been signed up to each month since January 2018. Numbers for May 2018 will not be finalised until the middle of June, and so cannot be provided.</p></li></ol><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Number of people signing up to Help to Save Accounts Since January 2018 (1)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Each month</p></td><td><p>Cumulatively</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2018</p></td><td><p>1,540</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>4,780</p></td><td><p>6,330</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018</p></td><td><p>10,800</p></td><td><p>17,120</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>(1) </strong>Numbers are represented in single units, so there were 10 people signed up to Help to Save in January, rising to seventeen thousand, one hundred and twenty cumulatively by the end of April. The figures are rounded to the nearest ten.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li><p>We do not have estimates available on the number of people invited to sign up for a Help to Save account. Customers are being invited to join the trial through the points of contact that tax credits and Universal Credit customers already have with Government, including the HMRC mobile app and Personal Tax Accounts. Once they have been invited, customers are able to share the information they have received about the scheme. We cannot track the number of people who might have entered the scheme through such a referral.</p><p><strong> </strong></p></li></ol> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 150247 question first answered 11/06/2018 16:57:33 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

917666

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bank Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people signed up for help to save accounts in (a) January, (b) February, (c) March, (d) April and (e) May 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	150247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <ol><li><p>The table below shows the number of Help to Save accounts which have been signed up to each month since January 2018. Numbers for May 2018 will not be finalised until the middle of June, and so cannot be provided.</p></li></ol><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Number of people signing up to Help to Save Accounts Since January 2018 (1)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Each month</p></td><td><p>Cumulatively</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2018</p></td><td><p>1,540</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>4,780</p></td><td><p>6,330</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018</p></td><td><p>10,800</p></td><td><p>17,120</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>(1) </strong>Numbers are represented in single units, so there were 10 people signed up to Help to Save in January, rising to seventeen thousand, one hundred and twenty cumulatively by the end of April. The figures are rounded to the nearest ten.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li><p>We do not have estimates available on the number of people invited to sign up for a Help to Save account. Customers are being invited to join the trial through the points of contact that tax credits and Universal Credit customers already have with Government, including the HMRC mobile app and Personal Tax Accounts. Once they have been invited, customers are able to share the information they have received about the scheme. We cannot track the number of people who might have entered the scheme through such a referral.</p><p><strong> </strong></p></li></ol> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 150246 question first answered 11/06/2018 16:57:33 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

917416

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Local Government Finance: Somerset
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2018 to Question 143143, on Local Government Finance whether his Department defines Somerset County Council as being at risk.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	150115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government is responsible for assessing the risks and challenges faced by local authorities.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/06/2018 12:35:53 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

917681

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what performance indicators HMRC has in respect of its customer service.
	tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
	tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
	uin	150166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) single departmental plan lays out its objectives and how it will achieve them. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-revenue-and-customs-single-departmental-plan/single-departmental-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-revenue-and-customs-single-departmental-plan/single-departmental-plan</a></p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, its detailed customer service performance indicators are published monthly on the GOV.UK website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-monthly-performance-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-monthly-performance-reports</a></p><p>These monthly reports shows how HMRC has done against its key customer service performance objectives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/06/2018 16:17:04 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

917444

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Dundee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the expiry date is of HMRC's lease on Sidlaw House in Dundee.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	150149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The expiry date for HMRC’s lease on Sidlaw House, Dundee is the 28<sup>th</sup> June 2027.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/06/2018 16:21:56 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

917445

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Dundee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Financial Secretary to the Treasury of 7 March 2018, Official Report, column 428, what proportion of HMRC staff based in Sidlaw House, Dundee, his Department estimates will be able to (a) transfer to an HMRC Regional Centre or (b) complete their career in that location.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	150150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>HMRC modelling suggests that 22% of those currently located in Sidlaw House are within Reasonable Daily Travel of the new Regional Centre. HMRC modelling has focused on employee transfer rather than identifying those who will see out their career in Sidlaw House.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC wants to retain the skills, knowledge and experience of all the people affected and, where possible, it we will do everything it can to avoid exits or redundancies. HMRC will continue to offer practical support for people who want to remain in the Civil Service, as well as for those who may choose to leave. HMRC have agreed with the Scottish Government that it will work closely on known recruitment plans that they have in Dundee. This will ramp up over the next few years and HMRC will work together to help HMRC employees in Dundee to secure roles with the Scottish Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 13/06/2018 16:04:33 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

917446

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral answer of the Prime Minister of 2 May 2018, Official Report, column 312, whether HMRC is able to offer a 2018 pay award to its staff in excess of 1 per cent without ministerial approval.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	150151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Pay for civil servants is delegated to government departments, within a framework of financial and other parameters. These parameters are agreed by Cabinet Office and HM Treasury Ministers each year, which are set out in the Civil Service pay guidance.</p><p> </p><p>All government departments are required to submit their pay remit business case to their Secretary of State irrespective of the value of the pay award. As HMRC does not have a Secretary of State, they are required to seek approval from HM Treasury ministers for all annual pay awards.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/06/2018 16:25:38 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law