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1726886

	registered interest
	date	27/08/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	National Wealth Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What progress she has made with Cabinet colleagues on establishing a National Wealth Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Chris McDonald
	uin	900220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2024 answer text <p>The government is working at pace to establish the national wealth fund which is critical to our growth and green energy missions.</p><p> </p><p>It will crowd in investment from the private sector into the industries of the future and create jobs across the country.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor will set out more detail at the international investment summit in October.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Emma Reynolds question first answered 03/09/2024 16:12:52 answering member 4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds
	tabling member	5116

228855

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2015 to Question 225793, for what reason the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency imposes a five per cent surcharge on people who pay by monthly direct debit, but does not do so on people who pay by annual direct debit.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	uin	228622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Motorists who buy a six month Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) licence have historically paid a ten per cent surcharge.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has introduced a direct debit scheme for the payment of VED, to allow families and businesses to spread their tax payments. Under the scheme, the surcharge has been halved to five per cent when the tax is paid by six monthly and monthly instalments. The retention of a surcharge prevents a loss in VED revenue which would otherwise need to be made up elsewhere, by either increasing other taxes or reducing the Government’s investment in public services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 25/03/2015 09:59:35 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

170552

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been overpaid in child tax credit and working tax credit as a result of technical and administrative errors by his Department; and how much of that overpayment has been written off in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) North Lanarkshire and (d) Airdrie and Shotts constituency in each year since that scheme's inception.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	218750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2014 answer text <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMRC" target="_blank">HMRC</a> tax credit overpayment figures are available in the Finalised Child and Working Tax Credits statistics annual award supplement on payments located here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-main-stats/cwtc-awards-sup.xls" target="_blank">http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-main-stats/cwtc-awards-sup.xls</a> on the ‘Main Aggregates’ table. HMRC total tax credit expenditure figures are available in the Finalised Child and Working Tax Credits statistics located here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-main-stats/cwtc-awards.xls" target="_blank">http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-main-stats/cwtc-awards.xls</a> in Table 1.1.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 19/12/2014 10:05:24 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

177366

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England and (d) Wales have been fined for failing to comply with the high-income child benefit tax charge since it was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	223131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>To date, no taxpayers have received a penalty for a failure to declare Child Benefit payments on an individual’s Self Assessment tax return.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/02/2015 13:58:01 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

169376

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.214 of the Autumn Statement 2014, what estimate he has made of the annual number of families that will be affected by the removal of Air Passenger Duty from those aged under (a) 12 and (b) 16 each year.
	tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
	tabling member printed	Mr Graham Brady
	uin	218030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>As a result of Budget and Autumn Statement announcements on APD, over ninety-nine per cent of passengers, including many families, will see a freeze or reduction in Air Passenger Duty in 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Budget 2014 announced a freeze in the rate of Air Passenger Duty for short-haul international and domestic flights for a fourth year running. In addition Budget 2014 reforms Air Passenger Duty with the abolition of bands C and D from 1 April 2015. This cuts tax for passengers travelling to destinations such as Brazil, India, China, South Asia and the Caribbean.</p><p> </p><p>Autumn Statement 2014 also announced additional family travel savings through an Air Passenger Duty exemption for children under 12 on economy tickets, with effect from 1 May 2015. From the following year, the Government will abolish economy ticket Air Passenger Duty for children under 16 altogether.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This will save a two child family £26 on economy short-haul flights and £142 on economy long-haul flights, plus adds to Budget 2014’s adult fare savings for families flying economy to destinations like the Caribbean and Australia, taking accumulative savings to £170 and £194 respectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/12/2014 17:02:48 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	435 label Biography information for Lord Brady of Altrincham

166237

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the number of cases in which officials engaged in verifying the eligibility of applicants for tax credits where issues relating to their single status were an issue did not provide information advising how single status could be established in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
	uin	216201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>During 2013-14 the total number of interventions carried out on single person tax credit claims with a suspicion of an undeclared partner was 140,923. HMRC amended 28,516 awards as a result of these investigations. HMRC do not hold data on the number of applicants who failed to provide information relating to their single status.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 12/01/2015 13:20:56 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

166238

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the average total processing time of applications for tax credits where the assessing officer has issued a request for additional documentation in respect of single person status and tax credits have been suspended pending examination of that documentation.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
	uin	216202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The vast majority of undeclared partner interventions are carried out at the post award stage and do not affect the processing time for new claims, therefore HMRC do not hold the data requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/12/2014 17:31:55 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

166239

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance is provided to officials processing applications for tax credits on the documentation necessary to verify an applicant's single status, where HM Revenue and Customs contends that there has been an unreported change of circumstances.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
	uin	216199
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The guidance issued to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMRC" target="_blank"><strong>HMRC</strong></a> compliance officers on undeclared partner interventions is published at Chapter 15 of the Claimant Compliance Manual. This manual is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://home.inrev.gov.uk/ccmmanual/PP_ccm15000.htm" target="_blank"><strong>http://home.inrev.gov.uk/ccmmanual/PP_ccm15000.htm</strong></a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/12/2014 17:34:39 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

166241

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of cases where applications for tax credits were (a) refused or (b) suspended because the applicant had failed to provide evidence of their status as a single person to the satisfaction of the assessing officer there were in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
	uin	216200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>This information is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 05/12/2014 14:13:16 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

100523

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to reduce waiting times experienced by (a) people on a low income and (b) other people using the HM Revenue and Customs tax credits helpline.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	211582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>HMRC is responsible for handling calls to the Tax Credits helpline but is unable to distinguish, at the point of contact with its telephone system, if a caller is on a low income or otherwise.</p><p> </p><p>To keep the cost of dealing with HMRC as low as possible, the department has made it cheaper to call in most cases by rolling out 03 telephone numbers and by introducing voice recognition technology to its telephone systems, this allows some customers to get the answer they need without waiting to speak to adviser.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC recognises that wait times across all lines of business are not where it, or its customers, would like them to be. Over the next few months HMRC will be migrating its existing telephone services to a new telephony platform. This will improve the way that the queuing systems work and over time, will lead to reduced wait times.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is also looking at a number of initiatives to improve customer service and wait times. These include: greater flexible working across HMRC to improve its response to particular peaks in demand and is investing in online and digital services for the future, opening up a wider variety of channels.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 03/11/2014 14:50:04 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis