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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

170089

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual saving to the Exchequer from the introduction of fees for (a) employment tribunals, (b) judicial review and (c) criminal courts.
	tabling member constituency	Dover
	tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
	uin	218537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p><strong>The Government estimates that the introduction of fees for proceedings before the Employment Tribunals will generate approximately £9 million per annum from 2014/15 net of fee remissions. </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>The increases to fees for Judicial Review were part of a package of reforms to fees in the civil courts introduced in April 2014 to bring the fees closer to cost recovery. We estimate the fees for judicial review might contribute around £2million to this package, subject to the effect of fee remissions.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>The introduction of the Criminal Courts Charge is estimated to generate gross cash inflows of between approximately £105 million and £185 million per annum in steady state (2023/24). The estimate of the cost of enforcement is approximately £25 million per annum in steady state. </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/12/2014 09:19:47 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

170104

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Nurses: Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total annual average cost to the public purse of employing a school nurse.
	tabling member constituency	Stratford-on-Avon
	tabling member printed	Nadhim Zahawi
	uin	218553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2014 answer text <p>Approximately 1200 school nurses are employed by the NHS, and in 2013-14, the estimated average paybill per full time equivalent (FTE) school nurse was £41,061. This includes earnings plus the costs of employer pension and national insurance contributions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 19/12/2014 10:47:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi

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 Sir Graham Brady

168850

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Gaming Machines: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to ringfence revenue from the levy on fixed odds betting terminals to fund treatment for problem gamblers.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	217842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>At Budget 2014 the government announced that, from March 2015, a new higher rate of machine games duty (MGD) at 25% will be introduced for gaming machines where the charge payable for playing can exceed £5. MGD receipts go to the Consolidated Fund. This allows the government to allocate resources most efficiently across the economy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Responsible Gambling Trust (which is funded by the gambling industry and further donations) expects to distribute £6,292,000 on treatment, education and research in 2014/15. This provides funding to specialist charities, such as GamCare, which provide gambling addiction treatment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/12/2014 17:04:07 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

167703

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
	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 exempt students flying on domestic flights within the UK from air passenger duty; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	217014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <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> </p><p> </p><p>Autumn Statement 2014 also announced an Air Passenger Duty exemption for children under 12 on economy tickets, with effect from 1 May 2015. This will be extended to include children under 16, so that from 1 March 2016 all students of compulsory school age will be exempt from Air Passenger Duty.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor keeps all taxes including Air Passenger Duty under review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 10/12/2014 13:13:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

169388

	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	Public Expenditure: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on women of the measures in budgets and spending reviews since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	218247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Considering gender and other aspects of equality is an integral part of HM Treasury’s approach to policy work and is conducted on an ongoing basis, including during spending reviews and budgets. This approach reflects the government’s commitment to fairness as well as to our legal obligations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken concrete actions to improve the position of women in the economy. 58 per cent of the 3.4 million individuals lifted out of income tax as a result of this Government’s policies are women. The Government is also providing help with childcare costs, including introducing tax-free childcare. However, as many policies impact on households containing both women and men it is often difficult to isolate the policy effects on women without making arbitrary assumptions about how incomes are shared within households.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/12/2014 17:00:15 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

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

169746

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Hospices: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the announcement in the Autumn Statement of the removal of VAT for hospice charities, whether the exemption will apply to capital as well as revenue expenditure.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
	uin	218254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Following the Chancellor’s announcement in the Autumn Statement that this government will refund the VAT that hospice charities incur, the government will now engage with the hospice sector, including those in Northern Ireland, in taking this policy forward to implementation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/12/2014 17:07:09 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

168601

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 10 November 2014 on behalf of a constituent, ref MC2014/04463.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
	uin	217619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>I would like to thank the Hon Member for his letter of 10 November to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and I am sorry for the delay in replying. A response will be sent to the Hon Member as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 11/12/2014 17:54:32 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick