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1035082

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Working Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HMRC staff in each pay grade have written opt out agreements under Regulation 5 of the Working Time Regulations 1998.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	205294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text The number of people in each pay grade in HMRC who have written opt out agreements are:<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of staff</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Administrative Assistant (AA)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Administrative Officer (AO)</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Executive Officer (O)</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Executive Officer (HO)</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Executive Officer (SO)</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS PB1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS PB2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>244</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/01/2019 15:38:40 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1037955

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were placed in the higher tax threshold in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Wallasey
	tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
	uin	206258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text The estimated number of taxpayers liable for tax at the higher rate are published in the HMRC National Statistics table 2.1, available here:<br /> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/710887/Table_2.1.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/710887/Table_2.1.pdf</a> <br /> These estimates are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI) outturn data up to 2015-16. The 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 estimates are based upon the 2015-16 Survey of Personal Incomes projected using economic assumptions consistent with the OBR’s March 2018 economic and fiscal outlook. answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/01/2019 14:24:06 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

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

1028496

	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	Duty Free Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a return of duty free would see the return of allowances and see an end to personal duty paid goods coming in from the EU.
	tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
	tabling member printed	Steve Double
	uin	203929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The issues around duty-free are complex, with a range of possible approaches. The government is clear that tax is a sovereign matter and that it will be open to the UK government and Parliament to decide to change its policy in the future, subject to any negotiations with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor made clear at the Treasury Select Committee on 5 November that there are no plans at the moment to review the duty-free situation, when asked about the possible reintroduction of duty-free after March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/01/2019 14:27:18 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1028747

	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	Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have received a tax avoidance enabler penalty.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	203863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The enablers penalty applies to those who have enabled newly implemented arrangements after 16 November 2017 which have later been defeated in the courts or by agreement.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are currently challenging a number of arrangements, seeking to apply penalties at the earliest opportunity under this new legislation.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/01/2019 14:19:38 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

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

1028687

	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 the HMRC to prepare for the UK leaving the EU will be spent on new technology and IT requirements for customs and borders.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	203917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The amount of funding that will be spent on new technology and IT requirements for customs and borders 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 17:47:33 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

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

1035080

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	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, with reference to the oral Evidence of the Permanent Secretary of HMRC of 5 November 2018 to the Public Accounts Committee, Question 152, what assessment he has made of the capacity of his Department to ensure that all legislation in relation to Customs, Vat and Excise required for the UK leaving the EU without a deal will be receive Royal Assent or Affirmative Resolution by 29 March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	205292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>The Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018, which received Royal Assent on 13 September 2018, includes a series of substantive provisions and powers that will ensure functioning customs, VAT and excise regimes after EU exit.</p><p> </p><p>The government remains confident that all required SIs will be brought forward in good time.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/01/2019 15:42:12 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law