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662797

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to publish an updated impact assessment of tax-free childcare to include the changes to eligibility criteria for such childcare announced in the Autumn Statement 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	58573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The government is updating the impact assessment for Tax-Free Childcare. This will reflect changes made since the scheme was first announced, including changes to the eligibility criteria made at Autumn Statement 2015. It will be published before the scheme launches early this year.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 09/01/2017 14:47:27 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

662810

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made on the roll-out of tax-free childcare; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	58655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare will be launched early this year. It will be rolled out gradually to parents in a managed and careful way to ensure the introduction of this new scheme is as smooth as possible for parents. All eligible parents will be able to access the scheme by the end of 2017.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 09/01/2017 14:48:53 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

515229

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Electronic Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2016 to Question 34465, if HM Revenue and Customs will take steps to enable web-users to include honours when completing government online forms.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Will Quince
	uin	35292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does allow customers to enter their title but it does not allow customers to enter other honours. Major changes would be required to a wide range of internal HMRC IT services to capture and store this information. The cost of making such changes would be disproportionate.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 29/04/2016 09:17:05 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

668862

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which charities successfully bid for money from the Tampon Tax Fund; and how much money each such charity received.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Will Quince
	uin	58827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>In total, 25 charities have been allocated funding so far. This includes funding allocated to Comic Relief and Rosa to disburse funding over the coming year to a range of grassroots women’s organisations across the UK, in recognition of the high number of applications received.</p><p>The list of charities and funding announced at the Autumn Statement 2015 can be found in the Autumn Statement publication available here (section 6.4): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spending-review-and-autumn-statement-2015-documents/spending-review-and-autumn-statement-2015</p><p>The list of charities and funding announced at Budget 2016 can be found in the Budget publication available here (section 7.6): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2016-documents/budget-2016</p><p> </p><p>Finally, the list of charities and funding announced at Autumn Statement 2016 can be found in the Autumn Statement publication available here (section 6.3): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-statement-2016-documents/autumn-statement-2016</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/01/2017 10:59:37 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

443894

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: UK Membership of EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contingency planning his Department is undertaking to prepare for the possibility of a leave vote in the forthcoming referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	21928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government is fighting hard to fix the aspects of our EU membership that cause so much frustration in the United Kingdom - so we can get a better deal for our country and secure our future. We are confident that the right agreement can be reached.</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p><br /> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 14/01/2016 17:57:17 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

447690

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Google: Corporation Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings he has had with external organisations on Google's tax arrangements in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	24175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available on GOV.UK.</p><br /><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is responsible for the conduct of enquiries, and Ministers are not informed of the progress of enquiries and play no part in agreeing the amount of tax to be paid by any taxpayer. HMRC is transparent about how conducts its enquiries and resolves matters under dispute. HMRC publish a Litigation and Settlement Strategy which prevents them from accepting a smaller settlement than they would expect to get in court.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 29/01/2016 12:44:10 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

707632

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Commercial Secretary to the Treasury was given responsibility for the financial services industry in relation to exiting the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	66436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The Chancellor is responsible for all HM Treasury business relating to EU exit, including financial services. When the Commercial Secretary was appointed he asked her to play a supporting role on that. The Chancellor retains overall responsibility for the issue but all ministers in the Department work closely together where relevant.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/03/2017 11:09:08 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

419857

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the (a) Office for Budget Responsibility and (b) National Audit Office have been given access to the internal HM Revenue and Customs modelling which underpinned the analysis of the economic and fiscal impact of the reforms to defined contribution pension schemes in the July 2014 and July 2015 budget statements.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	10808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>a) At Budget 2014, the Government announced it will allow those with a defined contribution pension to draw down from it after age 55 from April 2015, subject to their marginal rate of income tax.</p><br /><p>At Summer Budget 2015, the Government announced a cut in pensions tax relief for high earners by introducing a tapered annual allowance for those with incomes (including the value of pension contributions) of over £150,000.</p><br /><p>The Budget policy costings documents set out the assumptions and methodologies underlying costings for tax policy decisions.</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/295067/PU1638_policy_costings_bud_2014_with_correction_slip.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/295067/PU1638_policy_costings_bud_2014_with_correction_slip.pdf</a></p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443195/Policy_costings_summer_budget_2015.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443195/Policy_costings_summer_budget_2015.pdf</a></p><br /><p>All costings in these documents have been scrutinised and certified by the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR). This is in line with the Memorandum of Understanding between the OBR, HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).</p><br /><p>b) The National Audit Office audits HMRC’s financial statements, the adequacy of its revenue collection systems and the value for money it achieved from its spending. This is published as part of HMRC’s 2014-15 annual report: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015</a></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 19/10/2015 15:37:07 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

419960

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Climate Change Levy: Exemptions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2015 to Question 8254, what the overall value is of climate change levy tax waived for levy exemption certificates (a) in each region and (b) for each type of renewable and low carbon technology in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	11037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The Climate Change Levy (CCL) renewable source exemption was administered on a national basis and available to all renewable technology. Only a very detailed analysis of Ofgem's records would enable the government to provide a breakdown of value of CCL waived in each region and for each type of renewable technology, which cannot be justified on the grounds of cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 19/10/2015 15:23:46 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

437951

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) cases of national minimum wage compliance HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) National Minimum Wage Risk Unit has investigated, (b) Notices of Underpayment have been issued to employers for non-compliance, (c) employers have been fined the maximum amount for non-compliance and (d) employers have been taken to civil court or an employment tribunal by HMRC for failing to comply with the terms of a Notice of Underpayment in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	19854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing compliance with minimum wage legislation and effective enforcement of it. Everyone who is entitled to the minimum wage should receive it. Employers who pay workers less than the minimum wage not only have to pay back arrears of wages at current minimum wage rates but also face financial penalties of up to £20,000 per underpaid worker.</p><br /><p>I refer the honourable member to the answer provided at UIN 17623 for information on the number of investigations undertaken.</p><br /><p>I refer the honourable member to the answer provided at UIN 16851 for information on Notices of Underpayment.</p><br /><p>Information on the number of maximum penalties issued is provided in the table below.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p>14/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. of employers fined the maximum amount</p></td><td><p><br> 13</p></td><td><p><br> 27</p></td><td><p><br> 52</p></td><td><p><br> 53</p></td><td><p><br> 59</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I refer the honourable member to the answer provided at UIN 225468 for information on civil court and employment tribunals.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/12/2015 12:37:13 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq