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1028688

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the additional 3,000 HMRC customer service and compliance staff will be recruited at each (a) pay grade and (b) job function in each region.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	203918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The requirement for HMRC EU Exit customer service and compliance staff in 2019/20 is dependent upon the final scenario under which the UK leaves the EU. HMRC will continue to work with HM Treasury on its exact spending plans as these are confirmed.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/01/2019 17:44:09 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1027688

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2018 to Question 201166 on Tax Avoidance, what estimate his Department has made of the level of self-employment to produce those projections.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	203408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The off-payroll working rules ensure that individuals who work like employees pay broadly the same tax and National Insurance contributions (NICs) as other employees, regardless of the structure they work through. As announced at Budget 2018, the government is extending the earlier reforms to improve compliance with these rules in the private sector. The rules do not affect people who are genuinely self-employed.</p><p> </p><p>The forecast costing was analysed and certified by the independent OBR.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/01/2019 17:38:54 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1028742

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Digital Technology: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) average and (b) total cost to (i) UK B2C digital services exporters that fall below the turnover threshold for VAT registration in relation to cross-border trade in digital services within the EU and (b) other B2C UK services exporters of registration for the non-Union VAT MOSS scheme in an EU Member State in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	203859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The costs to service exporters will depend on the precise circumstances of the exporter in question, including the extent to which they have any VAT liability in the UK or the EU. The UK MOSS scheme costs a participating business around £40 per annum.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/01/2019 17:40:30 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1028685

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the additional £375 million of funding allocated to HMRC for preparations for the UK leaving the EU will be spent on recruiting HMRC customer service and compliance staff.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	203916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The amount of funding that will be spent on HMRC customer service and compliance staff in 2019/20 is dependent upon the eventual scenario of which the UK is exiting the EU. HMRC will continue to work with HM Treasury on its exact spending plans as these are confirmed.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/01/2019 17:44:16 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1028736

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	PAYE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 29 November 2018 to Question 195470 on PAYE, whether the 95 per cent of RTI submissions reported on time refers to the (a) pay date self-certified by the employer in their PAYE Full Payment Submission or (b) date on which payment was credited to the employee's bank account as reported by the BACS hash information.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	203769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>HMRC’s assessment of timely filing of Real Time Information (RTI) is based on the pay date provided by employers and pension providers.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/01/2019 17:45:56 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1027695

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Canterbury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 7 March 2018, Official Report, column 428, how many and what proportion of HMRC staff in Charter House Canterbury are expected to (a) transfer to HMRC Regional Centre and (b) complete their career in that location.
	tabling member constituency	Canterbury
	tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
	uin	203412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>HMRC wants to keep as many employees as possible as it moves to its regional centres. It has been clear that if someone can move to a regional centre and has the skills it needs or is able to develop them, there will be a role for them.</p><p> </p><p>For Canterbury, Charter House, current planning data shows that around 34 full-time equivalent (FTE) people, or 51 per cent, will transfer to either the Croydon or Stratford Regional Centre.</p><p> </p><p>Canterbury, Charter House is scheduled to close in February 2020, before the Stratford Regional Centre opens. HMRC staff who can will therefore initially move to Maidstone, Medvale House, which will be staying open until late 2020-21. HMRC expects 45 FTE people, or 67 per cent, will transfer to Maidstone.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC cannot be certain about how many will actually be able to move to a regional centre or the numbers who may complete their career at either Canterbury or Maidstone until one-to-one discussions with managers have taken place. These will be held around a year before any move. Demographic data for the office suggests that many staff may choose to retire when the office closes.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/01/2019 17:42:38 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1028739

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Digital Technology: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the planned HMRC guidance pack setting out advice for UK businesses on preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal, whether that guidance will inform UK business to consumer digital services exporters who fall below the turnover threshold for VAT registration in relation to cross-border trade in digital services within the EU that the new arrangements coming into force as a result of the Value Added Tax (Place of Supply of Services) (Supplies of Electronic, Telecommunication and Broadcasting Services) Order 2018 will no longer apply to them in that scenario.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	203857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>HMRC published a Technical Notice on 23 August 2018 entitled ‘VAT for businesses if there’s no Brexit deal’. The guidance explains the actions businesses will need to take if they want to continue using the Mini One Stop Shop (MOSS) scheme after the UK leaves the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Additional guidance was also sent to all UK users of the VAT MOSS scheme on 27 December 2018 explaining that, should the UK leave the EU without a deal, the threshold will cease to apply to UK businesses.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will continue to communicate key messages and publish further guidance on the impact of EU exit on VAT and the MOSS scheme to support businesses in preparing for EU exit.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/01/2019 17:39:26 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1028694

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Customs: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HMRC has spent on (a) new technologies and (b) IT systems for customs after the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	203920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>HMRC estimates that the costs to the end of March 2019 will be:</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>£4.8m on new technologies relating to EU Exit through the Policy Driven Change Programme.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>£120m on Customs IT systems for EU Exit preparations. This includes the customs related systems which will need to operate at the border in the event of a no deal outcome with the EU.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/01/2019 17:45:50 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1027743

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) reports of suspicious (i) e-mails, (ii) text messages and (iii) phone calls asking for personal information or threatening a lawsuit were received by HMRC, (b) individuals believed to have been responsible for those communications were (i) identified, (ii) charged and (iii) convicted, (c) HMRC staff were deployed to investigate phishing scams in 2017-18 and (d) HMRC staff have been deployed to investigate such scams in 2018-19; and what recent (A) steps HMRC has taken and (B) assessment he has made of its performance in tackling such scams.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	203305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>From April 2018 to November 2018, HMRC has received:</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>reports of suspicious:</p><p>(i) e-mails – 636,789</p><p>(ii) text messages – 28,639</p><p>(iii) phone calls asking for personal information or threatening a lawsuit were received by HMRC – 44,435</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has a dedicated Customer Protection team targeting scams, which has:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Reduced reported HMRC-branded phishing texts by 90% due to innovative work with network operators and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).</li><li>Requested removal of over 14,000 websites during financial year 2017/2018.</li><li>Blocked half a billion phishing emails through technical controls since 2016.</li><li>Published guidance on GOV.UK on how to identify scams that has been visited 1.4 million times during financial year 2017/2018.</li><li>Responded to nearly 1 million phishing referrals in the same period.</li><li>Recovered over 130 websites infringing the HMRC brand including those which host low value services such as call connection sites, saving customers in excess of £2.4M in charges to date.</li></ul><p> </p><p>However, the information required to answer (b), (c) and (d) cannot be provided as releasing it may prejudice the prevention or detection of crime. The information could be used by individuals for criminal activity and departmental IT systems could be exposed or left vulnerable to interference or attack.</p></li></ol><p>Doing so could give criminals valuable insight into HMRC’s capabilities and processes in this area and cybersecurity in general, opening up the Department and the wider public to more informed and effective scams and attacks. While publishing the information requested could, on the face of it, reassure the public that HMRC is suitably resourced to handle risks posed by cybercrime, on balance it is not in the public interest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/01/2019 17:42:38 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts