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	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Gift Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in Gift Aid was paid out to (a) Cancer Research UK, (b) Oxfam, (c) Greenpeace, (d) RSPCA and (e) RSPB in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
	tabling member printed	Simon Hart
	uin	10330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) is responsible for administering Gift Aid.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC has a statutory duty to maintain taxpayer confidentiality and cannot comment on the affairs of individual taxpayers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes national statistics showing the total cost of Gift Aid and other charitable tax reliefs https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/charitable-donations-and-tax-reliefs-statistics<br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/09/2015 08:55:10 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart

427534

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Gift Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in cases where a person has registered a donation to a charity for gift aid but ended the year below the income threshold for income tax, whether it is the policy of HM Revenue and Customs to reclaim the gift aid from the (a) donor or (b) charity; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	15811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>Individual donors are responsible for ensuring that they have paid sufficient tax to cover any Gift Aid reclaimed on their donations.</p><br /><p>In practice, where HMRC identifies tax to cover issues as a result of its compliance activity with a charity, it may invite the charity to make good any shortfall on behalf of their donors. The charity is not legally obliged to repay any over-claimed Gift Aid and the responsibility always remains that of the donor.</p><br /><p>Details of how much Gift Aid is reclaimed separately from donors and charities is not available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 15812 question first answered 16/11/2015 15:37:32 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

427535

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Gift Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much gift aid has been (a) requested and (b) reclaimed from (i) donors and (ii) charities in circumstances in which people making registered charitable donations for gift aid ended the year below the income tax threshold in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	15812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>Individual donors are responsible for ensuring that they have paid sufficient tax to cover any Gift Aid reclaimed on their donations.</p><br /><p>In practice, where HMRC identifies tax to cover issues as a result of its compliance activity with a charity, it may invite the charity to make good any shortfall on behalf of their donors. The charity is not legally obliged to repay any over-claimed Gift Aid and the responsibility always remains that of the donor.</p><br /><p>Details of how much Gift Aid is reclaimed separately from donors and charities is not available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 15811 question first answered 16/11/2015 15:37:32 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms