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759194

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Economic Situation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the potential effect on the country's gross domestic product of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>Government has undertaken a significant amount of work to assess the economic impacts of leaving the EU. This is part of our continued programme of rigorous and extensive analytical work on a range of scenarios on a sector by sector basis.</p><p> </p><p>All departments need to prepare not just for a negotiated settlement, but also for the no deal scenario. We are confident that we will secure a deal, but are prepared should there be no deal.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 19/09/2017 10:22:29 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

759190

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HM Revenue and Customs plans to reply to applications from the haulage sector for bespoke agreements to pay overnight allowances to drivers; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Dover
	tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
	uin	9701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>This information is not available. HM Revenue and Customs does not record turnaround times for dealing with approval notices from the haulage sector.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/09/2017 13:53:56 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

759191

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons HM Revenue and Customs plans to change the sleep cab allowance for lorry drivers from April 2017; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Dover
	tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
	uin	9702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>Finance Act 2015 introduced an exemption for general business expenses, to reduce reporting for employers when reimbursing actual costs. The legislation which took effect from April 2016 applies to all employers and brought in a statutory requirement to operate a checking system to ensure that employees are incurring allowable expenses. Employers in the haulage sector were allowed a further year to put checking systems in place.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/09/2017 13:55:30 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

759183

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Valuation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) small, (b) medium-sized and (c) other businesses potentially affected by the judgment in the Mazars v Woolway case; what estimate he has made of the potential average extra cost on (i) small and (ii) medium-sized businesses resulting from the judgment in the Mazars v Woolway case; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	9753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>In July 2015, the Supreme Court, in the Mazars v Woolway case, clarified existing rating law relating to communal spaces such as staircases, corridors and lifts. The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has a legal duty to adapt its practices to reflect the judgment.</p><p> </p><p>The VOA assesses the value of property and not the businesses that occupy the property. As such, it does not hold information on whether the occupant of a property is a small or medium business.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/09/2017 13:26:31 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

759184

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Glasgow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) capacity and (b) occupancy level is for each of the HM Revenue and Customs offices which are to be consolidated into the proposed regional centre in Glasgow.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	9764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) conducted a high level people impact assessment using known workforce management data to inform the regional centre location decisions. People and equality impacts are managed at both programme and regional level to mitigate potential impacts on different groups, including disabled staff. The regional people and equality impact assessment is undertaken early in the project and is updated on a regular basis throughout the project.</p><p> </p><p>All staff are offered a one-to-one discussion, normally about a year before any office move which affects them, to establish whether they can move. Under the reasonable adjustment policy, HMRC will work with individuals with particular needs to identify any adjustments required to enable this. Accessibility to regional centres has been factored into overall requirements for those centres from the outset.</p><p> </p><p>As previously announced, the Glasgow Regional Centre is expected to have between 2,700 and 3,000 full time equivalent posts when it opens. East Kilbride will be retained as a transitional site beyond the opening date of the Glasgow Regional Centre until 2025-26. The number of current full time equivalent staff employed at the offices which will feed into the Glasgow Regional Centre is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Location</p></td><td><p>Office</p></td><td><p>Closure date as announced</p></td><td><p>Full Time Equivalent Employees as of 31/08/2017</p></td><td><p>Destination by 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbernauld</p></td><td><p>Accounts Office <em>Timing depends on Accounts Office in Shipley</em></p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Portcullis House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Cotton House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Kilbride</p></td><td><p>Plaza Tower</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>East Kilbride Transitional Site</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Cotton House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1600</p></td><td><p>East Kilbride Transitional Site</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Specific details about the rental liability of the current HMRC offices in the Glasgow area is commercially sensitive information; disclosing it could compromise the future ability of the landlords to re-let the buildings.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 9765 9766 9767 9878 question first answered 14/09/2017 11:24:52 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

759185

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Glasgow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff are employed at each HM Revenue and Customs office to be consolidated to form the proposed regional centre in Glasgow.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	9765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) conducted a high level people impact assessment using known workforce management data to inform the regional centre location decisions. People and equality impacts are managed at both programme and regional level to mitigate potential impacts on different groups, including disabled staff. The regional people and equality impact assessment is undertaken early in the project and is updated on a regular basis throughout the project.</p><p> </p><p>All staff are offered a one-to-one discussion, normally about a year before any office move which affects them, to establish whether they can move. Under the reasonable adjustment policy, HMRC will work with individuals with particular needs to identify any adjustments required to enable this. Accessibility to regional centres has been factored into overall requirements for those centres from the outset.</p><p> </p><p>As previously announced, the Glasgow Regional Centre is expected to have between 2,700 and 3,000 full time equivalent posts when it opens. East Kilbride will be retained as a transitional site beyond the opening date of the Glasgow Regional Centre until 2025-26. The number of current full time equivalent staff employed at the offices which will feed into the Glasgow Regional Centre is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Location</p></td><td><p>Office</p></td><td><p>Closure date as announced</p></td><td><p>Full Time Equivalent Employees as of 31/08/2017</p></td><td><p>Destination by 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbernauld</p></td><td><p>Accounts Office <em>Timing depends on Accounts Office in Shipley</em></p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Portcullis House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Cotton House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Kilbride</p></td><td><p>Plaza Tower</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>East Kilbride Transitional Site</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Cotton House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1600</p></td><td><p>East Kilbride Transitional Site</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Specific details about the rental liability of the current HMRC offices in the Glasgow area is commercially sensitive information; disclosing it could compromise the future ability of the landlords to re-let the buildings.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 9764 9766 9767 9878 question first answered 14/09/2017 11:24:52 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

759186

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Glasgow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rental liability is for each of the HM Revenue and Customs sites which are proposed to be consolidated in the new regional centre in Glasgow.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	9766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) conducted a high level people impact assessment using known workforce management data to inform the regional centre location decisions. People and equality impacts are managed at both programme and regional level to mitigate potential impacts on different groups, including disabled staff. The regional people and equality impact assessment is undertaken early in the project and is updated on a regular basis throughout the project.</p><p> </p><p>All staff are offered a one-to-one discussion, normally about a year before any office move which affects them, to establish whether they can move. Under the reasonable adjustment policy, HMRC will work with individuals with particular needs to identify any adjustments required to enable this. Accessibility to regional centres has been factored into overall requirements for those centres from the outset.</p><p> </p><p>As previously announced, the Glasgow Regional Centre is expected to have between 2,700 and 3,000 full time equivalent posts when it opens. East Kilbride will be retained as a transitional site beyond the opening date of the Glasgow Regional Centre until 2025-26. The number of current full time equivalent staff employed at the offices which will feed into the Glasgow Regional Centre is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Location</p></td><td><p>Office</p></td><td><p>Closure date as announced</p></td><td><p>Full Time Equivalent Employees as of 31/08/2017</p></td><td><p>Destination by 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbernauld</p></td><td><p>Accounts Office <em>Timing depends on Accounts Office in Shipley</em></p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Portcullis House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Cotton House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Kilbride</p></td><td><p>Plaza Tower</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>East Kilbride Transitional Site</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Cotton House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1600</p></td><td><p>East Kilbride Transitional Site</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Specific details about the rental liability of the current HMRC offices in the Glasgow area is commercially sensitive information; disclosing it could compromise the future ability of the landlords to re-let the buildings.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 9764 9765 9767 9878 question first answered 14/09/2017 11:24:52 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

759187

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Glasgow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the proposed office capacity is at the HM Revenue and Customs regional centre in Glasgow.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	9767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) conducted a high level people impact assessment using known workforce management data to inform the regional centre location decisions. People and equality impacts are managed at both programme and regional level to mitigate potential impacts on different groups, including disabled staff. The regional people and equality impact assessment is undertaken early in the project and is updated on a regular basis throughout the project.</p><p> </p><p>All staff are offered a one-to-one discussion, normally about a year before any office move which affects them, to establish whether they can move. Under the reasonable adjustment policy, HMRC will work with individuals with particular needs to identify any adjustments required to enable this. Accessibility to regional centres has been factored into overall requirements for those centres from the outset.</p><p> </p><p>As previously announced, the Glasgow Regional Centre is expected to have between 2,700 and 3,000 full time equivalent posts when it opens. East Kilbride will be retained as a transitional site beyond the opening date of the Glasgow Regional Centre until 2025-26. The number of current full time equivalent staff employed at the offices which will feed into the Glasgow Regional Centre is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Location</p></td><td><p>Office</p></td><td><p>Closure date as announced</p></td><td><p>Full Time Equivalent Employees as of 31/08/2017</p></td><td><p>Destination by 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbernauld</p></td><td><p>Accounts Office <em>Timing depends on Accounts Office in Shipley</em></p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Portcullis House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Cotton House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Kilbride</p></td><td><p>Plaza Tower</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>East Kilbride Transitional Site</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Cotton House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1600</p></td><td><p>East Kilbride Transitional Site</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Specific details about the rental liability of the current HMRC offices in the Glasgow area is commercially sensitive information; disclosing it could compromise the future ability of the landlords to re-let the buildings.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 9764 9765 9766 9878 question first answered 14/09/2017 11:24:52 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

759188

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many members of staff contracted to work at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) offices in (a) Portcullis House and (b) Cotton House, Glasgow are routinely based in HMRC Cumbernauld.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	9768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Information on whether a member of staff is routinely based at another office is not held centrally and so could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/09/2017 13:13:02 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

759189

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Gaming Machines: Tax Yields
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much accrued to the public purse in taxation from fixed-odds betting terminals in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	9769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Total receipts from Betting and Gaming duties are published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p>A separate breakdown for revenue from Fixed Odds Betting Terminals is not available.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 14/09/2017 14:15:52 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham