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173829

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how his Department defines non-fiscal spend.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	220808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text “Non-fiscal spend” is not a formal term in the UK National Accounting framework. It is sometimes used to refer to items of public expenditure, which although included in departmental budgets, are either not classified as spending in the National Accounts or use a different source.<p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander grouped question UIN 220622 220647 question first answered 21/01/2015 17:22:14 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

173837

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Offshore Industry: PAYE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on the PAYE status of (a) divers and (b) diving supervisors working in the offshore energy industry.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
	uin	220682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text The Chancellor receives a large variety of representations from a wide range of people.<p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/01/2015 11:05:29 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

173726

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Investment Income: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was raised from taxes on dividend income in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each year from 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	220787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes statistics on income tax liabilities on dividend income in Table 2.6 of the HMRC National Statistics series.<p> </p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306833/Table_2.6.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306833/Table_2.6.pdf</a><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/01/2015 17:15:26 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

173727

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	HM 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, how many enforcement actions in respect of IR35 legislation there have been in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	220790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) carries out IR35 status enquiries by way of compliance interventions. The table below shows the number of interventions up to 2013/14. Regional data is not produced by HMRC.<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Compliance interventions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>192</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 220789 question first answered 21/01/2015 17:30:41 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

173729

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	HM 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, how many IR35 status enquiries HM Revenue and Customs has made in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	220789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) carries out IR35 status enquiries by way of compliance interventions. The table below shows the number of interventions up to 2013/14. Regional data is not produced by HMRC.<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Compliance interventions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>192</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 220790 question first answered 21/01/2015 17:30:40 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

173728

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	HM 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 the tax yield was from IR35 legislation in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	220788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Yield from IR35 compliance interventions up to 2013/14 for the UK is shown in the table below. Regional data is not produced by HM Revenue and Customs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Year Yield</p><p> </p><p>2009/10 £155K</p><p> </p><p>2010/11 £219K</p><p> </p><p>2011/12 £1.2M</p><p> </p><p>2012/13 £1.1M</p><p> </p><p>2013/14 £430K</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to the tax voluntarily paid through IR35, and the compliance revenue the cost to the Exchequer of not having the IR35 legislation would be around £520 million a year.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 02/02/2015 13:45:12 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

173574

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	National Savings Bonds: Pensioners
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to enable Pensioner Bonds to be taken out by an eligible pensioner in the name of a grandchild.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tyler
	uin	HL4134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>There are no plans to enable eligible pensioners to take out the bonds in the name of a grandchild. These new market-leading savings bonds and are designed to help support those who rely on their savings in retirement. Low interest rates have played an important part in stimulating the recovery. But there are those – especially pensioners – who rely on a reasonable rate of interest on their savings.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 29/01/2015 15:36:50 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	225 label Biography information for Lord Tyler

173730

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	220853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The department’s accounting system does not separately identify the recruitment agency fee element of an invoice, and this information could not be extracted within the disproportionate cost threshold.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Total agency fees for displaced or redundant staff for the past five years are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>£</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>15,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>9,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>6,810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>4,883</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>5,984</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15 (Apr to Dec)</p></td><td><p>2,800</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Total spend on learning and development in the department has reduced over the last six financial years as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total staff training costs (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2,252,064</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>1,157,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>801,541</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>646,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>771,359</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15 (Apr to Dec)</p></td><td><p>620,966</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/02/2015 16:51:25 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

173666

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Social Services: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the contribution of 13 January 2015 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Official Report, column 222WH, on care sector, on what date each of the 94 cases was first raised with HM Revenue and Customs; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Sutton and Cheam
	tabling member printed	Paul Burstow
	uin	220729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes the enforcement of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) very seriously and has increased the financial penalty percentage from 50% to 100% of the unpaid wages owed to workers, and the maximum penalty from £5,000 to £20,000. These new limits are now in force where arrears are identified in pay reference periods on or after 7 March 2014. The Government is in the process of introducing primary legislation so that the maximum £20,000 penalty will apply to each underpaid worker.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In response to the questions arising from the contribution of 13 January 2015 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Official Report, columns 218- 222WH, on the care sector:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Investigations into the 94 cases have been underway since 29 December 2011 – largely stemming from the particular period of enforcement referred to by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC already accept third party complaints and review all information received. All information received from third parties is handled sensitively. HMRC are unable to give feedback to third parties on any action taken or progress made, as all worker information is strictly confidential.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s proactive work informing the ‘National Minimum Wage: Compliance in the social care sector’ report, commenced in April 2011 and evaluated enforcement in the social care sector over the period 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2013. We are continuing to evaluate this work, and HMRC are undertaking new targeted enforcement work in the care sector as set out by the BIS Minister on 15 January 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 220730 220731 question first answered 30/01/2015 13:53:09 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	204 label Biography information for Paul Burstow

173667

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Social Services: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the contribution of 13 January 2015 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Official Report, columns 218-22WH, on care sector, if he will make it his policy to enable third parties to make formal complaints about breaches of national minimum wage rules and for them to be kept informed of the progress and outcome of investigations; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Sutton and Cheam
	tabling member printed	Paul Burstow
	uin	220730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes the enforcement of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) very seriously and has increased the financial penalty percentage from 50% to 100% of the unpaid wages owed to workers, and the maximum penalty from £5,000 to £20,000. These new limits are now in force where arrears are identified in pay reference periods on or after 7 March 2014. The Government is in the process of introducing primary legislation so that the maximum £20,000 penalty will apply to each underpaid worker.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In response to the questions arising from the contribution of 13 January 2015 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Official Report, columns 218- 222WH, on the care sector:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Investigations into the 94 cases have been underway since 29 December 2011 – largely stemming from the particular period of enforcement referred to by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC already accept third party complaints and review all information received. All information received from third parties is handled sensitively. HMRC are unable to give feedback to third parties on any action taken or progress made, as all worker information is strictly confidential.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s proactive work informing the ‘National Minimum Wage: Compliance in the social care sector’ report, commenced in April 2011 and evaluated enforcement in the social care sector over the period 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2013. We are continuing to evaluate this work, and HMRC are undertaking new targeted enforcement work in the care sector as set out by the BIS Minister on 15 January 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 220729 220731 question first answered 30/01/2015 13:53:09 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	204 label Biography information for Paul Burstow