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652588

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of income tax is estimated to come from the top one per cent of earners in the UK in 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	56250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>The latest statistics published by HM Revenue and Customs project that the top one per cent of income taxpayers will pay 26.9% of all income tax receipts this year, higher than in any year prior to 2010-11. The Government will continue to keep the taxation of high earners under review to ensure it is fair, incentivises hard work and contributes towards the long-term sustainability of the tax system.</p><p>The percentage share of income tax liabilities in 2020-21 (27.0%) is estimated from the published information for the 2013-14 Survey of Personal Incomes. This data has been projected using the economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility’s November 2016 Economic and fiscal outlook.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/12/2016 15:37:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1224471

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of income tax revenue lost to the public purse from the underpayment of the national minimum wage in each year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	73850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>HMRC enforce the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) in line with the law and policy set out by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).</p><p> </p><p>The Low Pay Commission (LPC) publishes an annual report that provides an assessment of the nature and extent of NMW underpayment. The latest report published by the LPC in April 2019 can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/797675/Non-compliance_and_enforcement_of_the_National_Minimum_Wage_WEB.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/797675/Non-compliance_and_enforcement_of_the_National_Minimum_Wage_WEB.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>There is no robust estimate available of the income tax revenue lost as a result of NMW underpayment.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/07/2020 15:59:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1224605

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of income tax revenue lost to the public purse from workers being wrongly categorised as self-employed in each year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	73851
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling false self-employment. HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) take a risk-based approach to investigating employers who may have misclassified individuals for tax purposes. In these cases, HMRC establish the facts and take steps to ensure the right tax and National Insurance contributions are paid.</p><p> </p><p>Income Tax and National Insurance contributions lost due to false self-employment are part of the tax gap related to employers. HMRC publish an assessment of the tax gap: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps</a>.</p><p> </p><p>A separate estimate of the tax gap relating to false self-employment is not available.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/07/2020 16:13:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

867191

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income tax was paid by people who fall under the jurisdiction of HMRC’s high net worth unit in each year since 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	133309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in the 2016 National Audit Office Report on “HMRC’s approach to collecting tax from high net worth individuals” at Figure 3, attached.</p><p>As of 3rd April 2017, HMRC have brought together their High Net Worth Unit and Affluent teams to form a single Wealthy team. This organisational change is promoting tax compliance and tackling non-compliance across the whole of the wealthy customer group. These changes will ensure we deploy our specialist, highly skilled resource on those wealthy individuals that present the highest compliance risk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/03/2018 12:43:53 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride attachment 1 file name figure 3.docx title Figure 3
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

873708

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2018 to Question 133309, how much income tax was paid by people who fall under the jurisdiction of HMRC’s high net worth unit in each year between 2000 and 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	134822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2018 answer text <p>The High Net Worth Unit (HNWU) became operational in April 2009.</p><p> </p><p>It is therefore not possible to provide figures for the income tax paid by those who became HNWU customers as we do not have access to accurate data from management systems prior to that period.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 17/04/2018 10:51:12 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

228962

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of people whose incomes are too low to be affected by the increase in personal tax allowances announced in the Budget have children.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL5927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Since 2010 this Government has lifted over three million people out of income tax.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the income tax years 2016-17 and 2017-18, it is estimated that, for individuals aged over 16, whose income would be below the Personal Allowance before the Budget announced increases, 66% are female and 41% of those individuals have dependent children.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These estimates are derived from the results of the 2012-13 Family Resources Survey (FRS) projected forward to 2016-17 and 2017-18 using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility’s March 2015 economic and fiscal outlook.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL5926 question first answered 26/03/2015 13:57:57 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1361937

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Chapter 10 Part 2 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 on the obligations of employment agencies and umbrella companies.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	59905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>The Tax Information and Impact Note published in March 2021 sets out the expected impacts of the April 2021 reform of the off-payroll working rules: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021</a></p><p> </p><p>During the debate on the Finance Bill 2020, the Government committed to commission independent research into the short-term impacts of the reform by October 2021. That research has been commissioned. We will publish its findings once complete.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/10/2021 15:37:09 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1486273

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a constituency-level breakdown of HMRC’s Income Tax liabilities statistics: tax year 2019 to 2020 to tax year 2022 to 2023, containing the number of taxpayers in each income tax bracket since 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
	tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
	uin	30118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>HMRC’s Personal income by tax year statistics contains constituency-level breakdown of taxpayer numbers for 2019-20, the latest available outturn can be found in Table 3.15 here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1066946%2FTable_3.15_1920.ods&amp;data=05%7C01%7CBethany.Douce%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7C3273a9449194478b561208da5ff4bafd%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637927801948013554%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ByCW3dDiy%2BUdON5PHdehoB92RTV84RahV0HdMHKKQ5A%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1066946/Table_3.15_1920.ods</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Further breakdowns of this information are not readily available and cannot be provided within the time available.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s Income Tax liabilities statistics publish a high-level regional breakdown containing the number of taxpayers in each Income Tax bracket and numbers over 65, these can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1086257%2FTable_2.2.ods&amp;data=05%7C01%7CBethany.Douce%40hmtreasury.gov.uk%7C3273a9449194478b561208da5ff4bafd%7Ced1644c505e049e6bc39fcf7ac51c18c%7C0%7C0%7C637927801948013554%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=a9A8wF%2B16g2S9Kp7ke8sFS7XeBasa5TvDo0Ki1I87m8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1086257/Table_2.2.ods</a>.</p><p> </p><p>For projection years, HM Treasury does not publish this information at constituency level.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 30119 question first answered 07/07/2022 10:00:58 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1672288

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the number of people that will be paying a higher rate of tax in the next 12 months in the context of the freezing of the basic income tax threshold.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	3192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>This is available in tab C3A of the Chapter 3 charts and tables as part of the OBR’s November 2023 Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO):</p><p><a href="https://obr.uk/download/november-2023-economic-and-fiscal-outlook-charts-and-tables-chapter-3/?tmstv=1700846571" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/download/november-2023-economic-and-fiscal-outlook-charts-and-tables-chapter-3/?tmstv=1700846571</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 30/11/2023 13:21:46 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1125012

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual cost of recognising family responsibility in the income tax system has been in each financial year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	251262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government supports families in a number of ways, including through the tax and welfare systems.</p><p> </p><p>The income tax system does this through various allowances including the married couples allowance and marriage allowance, and by providing tax reliefs for childcare. The Government also supports families through increasing tax thresholds including increasing the Personal Allowance to £12,500 for 2019 to 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The annual costs of most of these types of support in each financial year since 2010 have been set out in various HMRC publications.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 13/05/2019 15:57:04 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce