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1091334

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Motor Insurance: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to ban car insurers from imposing compulsory change of address fees on their policy holders.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	234172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is determined that insurers should treat customers fairly and firms are required to do so under the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules. The FCA requires firms to act fairly in accordance with the best interests of customers. Customers that believe that they have been treated unfairly, such as their insurer charging fees disproportionate to the level of work involved, should make a formal complaint to their insurer.</p><p> </p><p>If they then feel that their complaint has not been dealt with satisfactorily they can refer the matter to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) - an independent body set up to provide arbitration in such cases. The decision of the FOS is binding on insurers up to the value of £150,000.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 26/03/2019 13:09:44 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1091397

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Boilers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which stakeholders and other Government Departments he consulted with prior to his announcement of a ban on gas boilers in new dwellings from 2025.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	234098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery, and the Future Homes Standard went through the usual approvals process for Spring Statement measures. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/03/2019 12:51:43 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for Lord Spellar

1091327

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	NHS: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to equalize VAT between privately-owned companies and the NHS in relation to pharmaceutical procurement.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	234250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text VAT is charged on the sale of pharmaceutical products, regardless of whether the purchaser is a privately-owned company or the NHS. The central funding the NHS receives from the Treasury is intended to cover the costs NHS bodies incur in providing free healthcare, including VAT costs. answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 22/03/2019 14:06:40 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1091328

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	NHS: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money private pharmaceutical companies have claimed back in VAT as a result of what they have paid suppliers for medicines in each year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	234251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>HMRC does not collect this level of information on its VAT returns and does not have estimates of the VAT claimed back by private pharmaceutical companies.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/03/2019 14:06:54 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1091243

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff are employed by HMRC; and how many additional staff have been employed by HMRC as a result of preparations for the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	234212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>HMRC currently employs 58,058 full-time equivalent staff (at end of February). HMRC has used a variety of methods to resource work on issues relating to the UK’s withdrawal from the EU including, but not exclusively, employing additional staff. Information is not segmented to show how many additional staff have been employed, as opposed to any other method of resourcing, to work on EU Exit.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 22/03/2019 14:05:20 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1091415

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	London Capital & Finance: Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to compensate people who invested in London Capital of Finance.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	234192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government takes the failure of London Capital and Finance (‘LCF’) very seriously and is closely monitoring current developments. The Serious Fraud Office, working in conjunction with the Financial Conduct Authority (‘FCA’), has opened an investigation into individuals associated with LCF and it would be inappropriate for the Government to comment further while this investigation is ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury keeps the regulatory framework for financial services under constant review, and updates it as necessary. We are committed to maintaining high standards of investor protection within our regulatory framework for financial services. However, this needs to be balanced with a need to regulate only where there is a clear case for doing so.</p><p> </p><p>The marketing and promotion of minibonds, such as those sold by LCF, are already subject to financial promotion restrictions set out in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. In the UK, responsibility for regulating the promotion and marketing of minibonds lies with the FCA, and firms that fail to meet any of the relevant requirements may be subject to enforcement action.</p><p> </p><p>Turning to the matter of compensation for those affected by this issue, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme’s (‘FSCS’) current assessment is that LCF’s activities are not FSCS-protected, which means LCF’s investors will not be eligible to claim for compensation from the FSCS.</p><p> </p><p>However, the FSCS is working closely with the administrators to understand more about LCF’s activities. If there are circumstances that give rise to potentially valid claims, the FSCS will begin to accept claims against LCF and communicate this on their website.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 234193 234194 question first answered 22/03/2019 12:09:03 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1091416

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	London Capital & Finance: Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the collapse of London Capital of Finance, what steps he is taking to prevent investment schemes which engage in mis-selling from trading.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	234193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government takes the failure of London Capital and Finance (‘LCF’) very seriously and is closely monitoring current developments. The Serious Fraud Office, working in conjunction with the Financial Conduct Authority (‘FCA’), has opened an investigation into individuals associated with LCF and it would be inappropriate for the Government to comment further while this investigation is ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury keeps the regulatory framework for financial services under constant review, and updates it as necessary. We are committed to maintaining high standards of investor protection within our regulatory framework for financial services. However, this needs to be balanced with a need to regulate only where there is a clear case for doing so.</p><p> </p><p>The marketing and promotion of minibonds, such as those sold by LCF, are already subject to financial promotion restrictions set out in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. In the UK, responsibility for regulating the promotion and marketing of minibonds lies with the FCA, and firms that fail to meet any of the relevant requirements may be subject to enforcement action.</p><p> </p><p>Turning to the matter of compensation for those affected by this issue, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme’s (‘FSCS’) current assessment is that LCF’s activities are not FSCS-protected, which means LCF’s investors will not be eligible to claim for compensation from the FSCS.</p><p> </p><p>However, the FSCS is working closely with the administrators to understand more about LCF’s activities. If there are circumstances that give rise to potentially valid claims, the FSCS will begin to accept claims against LCF and communicate this on their website.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 234192 234194 question first answered 22/03/2019 12:09:03 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1091417

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	London Capital & Finance: Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the collapse of London Capital Finance, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of the financial regulatory framework and (b) effectiveness of that framework in relation to inexperienced investors.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	234194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government takes the failure of London Capital and Finance (‘LCF’) very seriously and is closely monitoring current developments. The Serious Fraud Office, working in conjunction with the Financial Conduct Authority (‘FCA’), has opened an investigation into individuals associated with LCF and it would be inappropriate for the Government to comment further while this investigation is ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury keeps the regulatory framework for financial services under constant review, and updates it as necessary. We are committed to maintaining high standards of investor protection within our regulatory framework for financial services. However, this needs to be balanced with a need to regulate only where there is a clear case for doing so.</p><p> </p><p>The marketing and promotion of minibonds, such as those sold by LCF, are already subject to financial promotion restrictions set out in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. In the UK, responsibility for regulating the promotion and marketing of minibonds lies with the FCA, and firms that fail to meet any of the relevant requirements may be subject to enforcement action.</p><p> </p><p>Turning to the matter of compensation for those affected by this issue, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme’s (‘FSCS’) current assessment is that LCF’s activities are not FSCS-protected, which means LCF’s investors will not be eligible to claim for compensation from the FSCS.</p><p> </p><p>However, the FSCS is working closely with the administrators to understand more about LCF’s activities. If there are circumstances that give rise to potentially valid claims, the FSCS will begin to accept claims against LCF and communicate this on their website.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 234192 234193 question first answered 22/03/2019 12:09:03 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1091272

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the marriage tax allowance has cost the public purse; how many married couples have been eligible for it; and how many and what proportion of eligible married couples have benefitted from it in each year since it was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	234220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>HMRC publishes the estimated cost of tax reliefs annually and the latest estimate can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a></p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s projection of the cost of the Marriage Allowance include the anticipated full take up of the allowance after all retrospective claims have been made, as the allowance can be claimed retrospectively for up to four years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Marriage Allowance</strong></p></td><td><p>680</p></td><td><p>735</p></td><td><p>835</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>. Around 4.2 million couples are estimated to be eligible to claim the marriage allowance. The table below shows the approximate proportion of those who are eligible and are estimated to have made a claim for marriage allowance.<p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>%</p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Marriage Allowance</strong></p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/03/2019 14:04:35 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1091277

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data his Department holds on the ages of people who claim married couple's allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	234225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The Married Couple’s Allowance (MCA) is available for couples where at least one of the partners was born before 6th April 1935. For the current tax year, at least one of the partners would have to have been at least 83 years old as of 6th April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>For 2018-19, the average age of claimants of MCA is around 87 years old.</p><p> </p><p>This estimate is based on the 2015-16 Survey of Personal Incomes projected using economic assumptions consistent with the OBR’s October 2018 Economic and Fiscal Outlook.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 22/03/2019 14:12:06 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell