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749300

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Office of Tax Simplification: Secondment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many secondments there have been from (a) the Office of Tax Simplification to placements outside of Government and (b) from outside Government to the Office of Tax Simplification since July 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	3399
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) is an independent Office of the Treasury established on a permanent, statutory basis through the Finance Act 2016. Its objective is to provide independent advice to the Chancellor on simplifying the tax system. In the course of the OTS meeting this objective there have been no secondments from the OTS outside Government and <del class="ministerial">nine</del> <ins class="ministerial">ten </ins> secondments from outside Government to the OTS since 2012. All of these secondments were on a part-time basis. This includes one part-time secondment in the current financial year (2017-18).</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/07/2017 15:46:53 question first ministerially corrected 14/07/2017 09:25:00 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride previous answer version 3505 answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

748061

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Foreign Exchange: Small Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 18 April 2017 to Question 69488, whether the results of research into the impact of pricing structures on consumer understanding of foreign currency transaction fees will inform forthcoming payment services regulations.
	tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
	uin	2823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>In its Answer of 18 April 2017 to Question 69488, the Government stated that it was conducting research on the effects of transparency in overseas money transfers (involving foreign exchange) on consumer decisions. This research will help to inform the Government's response to the consultation on draft regulations for the implementation of the Second Payment Services Directive. This response will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 11/07/2017 14:57:20 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

747502

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral evidence from the Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to the Public Accounts Committee on the HMRC estate on 25 January 2017, Q14, HC 891, which eight principles HMRC used to determine the location of its regional centres.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	2583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) established a clear set of eight location principles to determine the location of its regional centres. These were:</p><ul><li>· Sustainable large sites – having the capacity to hold all HMRC’s requirements for the region in a single building, ideally accommodating no less than 1,500 staff.</li><li>· Talent pipeline – offering access to a pipeline of future talent, with the skills HMRC needs, for example, close to universities and colleges.</li><li>· Single location career paths – offering the chance to build careers and skills to a senior level in a number of professions in a single location without the need to move.</li><li>· Catchment for a mix of business activity – the right grouping of existing teams to allow a diverse mix of business activities to be brought together in the same place.</li><li>· Digital infrastructure – having high capacity, high speed digital infrastructure and mobile networks to benefit customers and staff.</li><li>· Facilities for HMRC’s people – access to good housing, schools and recreational facilities, so HMRC can recruit and retain staff.</li><li>· Market rates- delivering good value for money in property and labour costs.</li><li>· Robust long-term infrastructure – locations with the right infrastructure for the long term such as strong transport links within the region and nationally.</li></ul><p>HMRC values its people and wants as many as possible to move with the work to the regional centres. In addition to the eight location principles, it looked at where its staff live and initially assessed more than 40 of its existing medium to large sized locations against the principles as possible regional centres. These included: Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Chatham, Chesterfield, Dover, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Grimsby, Harwich, Ipswich, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Maidstone, Manchester, Newcastle, Northampton, Nottingham, Peterborough, Peterlee, Preston, Plymouth, Reading, Redruth, Sheffield, Shipley, Solent (including Portsmouth), Southend-on-Sea, Stockton-on –Tees, Taunton, Telford, Workington, Worthing, Wrexham. For areas where a particular town was part of a conurbation, the conurbation was assessed as part of those listed above, for example Sunderland and Washington as part of Newcastle.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s Programme Business Case has received approval from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 2581 2582 question first answered 11/07/2017 16:01:06 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

747503

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Location
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral evidence from the Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to the Public Accounts Committee on the HMRC estate on 25 January 2017, Question 14, HC891, which locations HMRC initially considered as possible regional centres.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	2581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) established a clear set of eight location principles to determine the location of its regional centres. These were:</p><ul><li>· Sustainable large sites – having the capacity to hold all HMRC’s requirements for the region in a single building, ideally accommodating no less than 1,500 staff.</li><li>· Talent pipeline – offering access to a pipeline of future talent, with the skills HMRC needs, for example, close to universities and colleges.</li><li>· Single location career paths – offering the chance to build careers and skills to a senior level in a number of professions in a single location without the need to move.</li><li>· Catchment for a mix of business activity – the right grouping of existing teams to allow a diverse mix of business activities to be brought together in the same place.</li><li>· Digital infrastructure – having high capacity, high speed digital infrastructure and mobile networks to benefit customers and staff.</li><li>· Facilities for HMRC’s people – access to good housing, schools and recreational facilities, so HMRC can recruit and retain staff.</li><li>· Market rates- delivering good value for money in property and labour costs.</li><li>· Robust long-term infrastructure – locations with the right infrastructure for the long term such as strong transport links within the region and nationally.</li></ul><p>HMRC values its people and wants as many as possible to move with the work to the regional centres. In addition to the eight location principles, it looked at where its staff live and initially assessed more than 40 of its existing medium to large sized locations against the principles as possible regional centres. These included: Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Chatham, Chesterfield, Dover, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Grimsby, Harwich, Ipswich, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Maidstone, Manchester, Newcastle, Northampton, Nottingham, Peterborough, Peterlee, Preston, Plymouth, Reading, Redruth, Sheffield, Shipley, Solent (including Portsmouth), Southend-on-Sea, Stockton-on –Tees, Taunton, Telford, Workington, Worthing, Wrexham. For areas where a particular town was part of a conurbation, the conurbation was assessed as part of those listed above, for example Sunderland and Washington as part of Newcastle.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s Programme Business Case has received approval from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 2582 2583 question first answered 11/07/2017 16:01:06 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

747504

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral evidence from the Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to the Public Accounts Committee on the HMRC estate on 25 January 2017, Question 4, HC891, on what date ministerial approval was given for HMRC's strategic outline case for regional centres; and if he will make a statement before the summer recess.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	2582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) established a clear set of eight location principles to determine the location of its regional centres. These were:</p><ul><li>· Sustainable large sites – having the capacity to hold all HMRC’s requirements for the region in a single building, ideally accommodating no less than 1,500 staff.</li><li>· Talent pipeline – offering access to a pipeline of future talent, with the skills HMRC needs, for example, close to universities and colleges.</li><li>· Single location career paths – offering the chance to build careers and skills to a senior level in a number of professions in a single location without the need to move.</li><li>· Catchment for a mix of business activity – the right grouping of existing teams to allow a diverse mix of business activities to be brought together in the same place.</li><li>· Digital infrastructure – having high capacity, high speed digital infrastructure and mobile networks to benefit customers and staff.</li><li>· Facilities for HMRC’s people – access to good housing, schools and recreational facilities, so HMRC can recruit and retain staff.</li><li>· Market rates- delivering good value for money in property and labour costs.</li><li>· Robust long-term infrastructure – locations with the right infrastructure for the long term such as strong transport links within the region and nationally.</li></ul><p>HMRC values its people and wants as many as possible to move with the work to the regional centres. In addition to the eight location principles, it looked at where its staff live and initially assessed more than 40 of its existing medium to large sized locations against the principles as possible regional centres. These included: Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Chatham, Chesterfield, Dover, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Grimsby, Harwich, Ipswich, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Maidstone, Manchester, Newcastle, Northampton, Nottingham, Peterborough, Peterlee, Preston, Plymouth, Reading, Redruth, Sheffield, Shipley, Solent (including Portsmouth), Southend-on-Sea, Stockton-on –Tees, Taunton, Telford, Workington, Worthing, Wrexham. For areas where a particular town was part of a conurbation, the conurbation was assessed as part of those listed above, for example Sunderland and Washington as part of Newcastle.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s Programme Business Case has received approval from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 2581 2583 question first answered 11/07/2017 16:01:06 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

747599

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Council Tax: Valuation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many appeals have there been for council tax banding in (a) Stroud District and (b) England in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	2634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Table 1 and 2 show the numbers of council tax challenges received in (a) Stroud District and (b) England for each of the last five financial years where figures have been published:</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Challenges received for Stroud District</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Band Reviews</p></td><td><p>Proposals</p></td><td><p>Appeals</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 2: Challenges received for England</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Band Reviews</p></td><td><p>Proposals</p></td><td><p>Appeals</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>55,970</p></td><td><p>20,470</p></td><td><p>2,100</p></td><td><p>78,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>57,480</p></td><td><p>21,010</p></td><td><p>2,070</p></td><td><p>80,550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>34,540</p></td><td><p>29,690</p></td><td><p>2,660</p></td><td><p>66,890</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>16,090</p></td><td><p>31,260</p></td><td><p>2,540</p></td><td><p>49,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>12,560</p></td><td><p>33,680</p></td><td><p>2,360</p></td><td><p>48,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Counts are rounded to the nearest 10 with counts of 0 being reported as 0 and count fewer than 5 reported as negligible and denoted by '-'.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The VOA use three definitions corresponding to three types of council tax challenge:</p><p><strong>Band review</strong> - A band review is carried out when a potential inaccuracy is brought to the attention of the VOA. The taxpayer must explain why they consider their band to be incorrect. The VOA will investigate the matter and inform the taxpayer of the outcome.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Proposal</strong> - A proposal is a formal challenge to a council tax banding. There are limited circumstances under which a proposal can be accepted. The VOA will review the band and provide the taxpayer with a written decision.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Appeal </strong>- Where a valid proposal has been made, a council tax payer has the right to appeal against the VOA's decision on the proposal to the independent Valuation Tribunal.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/07/2017 15:52:11 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

747604

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Taxation: Land
	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 sums received from land taxation in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	2626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Statistics on receipts from the Stamp Duty Land Tax and Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings, by financial year, are published in the ‘HMRC Tax Receipts and National Insurance Contributions for the UK’ publication.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk</a></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/07/2017 15:48:45 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

747542

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	European Investment Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will recoup the capital invested by the Government in the European Investment Bank when the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	2507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The question concerns the future relationship between the UK and the EIB. This is something that will be determined as part of the negotiations on the UK’s exit from the EU and the Government will not be giving a running commentary on these negotiations. However, the Prime Minister has made clear that as part of the negotiations on the UK exiting the EU, we will seek to determine a fair settlement of the UK’s rights and obligations as a departing member state.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/07/2017 16:02:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

747543

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Construction: EU Grants and Loans
	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 financial value of EU construction projects which will not be completed until after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	2502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not have estimates on the value of all EU construction projects. However, the government regularly publishes a UK assessment of planned investment in infrastructure across the public and private sectors in the UK. Last published in December 2016, this document contains over 700 projects and programmes with a total value of more than £500 billion.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/07/2017 15:55:22 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

747548

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit: Minority Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to introduce a special circumstance dispensation for people from religious minorities in relation to the payment of child benefit for a third or subsequent child.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	2456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The exceptions to the policy to limit support to a maximum of two children in Child Tax Credit were debated by the UK Parliament during the passage of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016. The government’s view is that the exceptions legislated for in Child Tax Credit cover the circumstances where parents or carers are not in the same position to make choices about the number of children in their family as others are, or who are fulfilling an important social function in providing homes for children who cannot be looked after by their own parents.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants will still be entitled to an additional amount in Child Tax Credit in respect of any disabled children, regardless of the total number of children in the household.</p><p> </p><p>Child Benefit will also continue to be paid regardless of family size, as the basis of the government’s contribution towards the cost of bringing up a child.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/07/2017 13:25:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord