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1003885

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Public Bodies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to close (a) the Royal Mint Advisory Committee office in Llantrisant, Pontyclun, (b) the Valuation Office Agency on High Street, Bangor, (c) the Valuation Office Agency at Picton Terrace, Carmarthen, (d) the Valuation Office on Regent Street, Rexham, (e) the Valuation Office Agency at Chepstow Road, Newport, (f) the Valuation Office Agency on High Street, Swansea, (g) the Valuation Office Agency on Churton Road, Rhyl, (h) the Valuation Office Agency on Castle Street, Merthyr Tydfil, (i) the Valuation Office Agency on Ty Glas Road, Cardiff, (j) the Inland Revenue Office at 27 Westgate Street, Cardiff, (k) the HMRC office on Stepney Street, Llanelli, (l) the HMRC office on Britannia Terrace, Porthmadog and (m) the HMRC office on Ellice Way, Wrexham.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	189826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <ol><li><p>HM Treasury have confirmed that the Royal Mint Advisory Committee have no plans to close the office in Llantrisant, Pontyclun.</p></li><li><p>The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) office on High Street, Bangor is due to close in 2020-21.</p></li><li><p>The VOA office at Picton Terrace, Carmarthen is due to close in October 2019.</p></li><li><p>Wrexham is a long-term location for the VOA.</p></li><li><p>The VOA office on Cheapstow Road, Newport closed in January 2017.</p></li><li><p>Swansea is a long-term location for the VOA.</p></li><li><p>The VOA office on Churton Road, Rhyl is due to close in October 2019.</p></li><li><p>The VOA office on Castle Street, Merthyr Tydfil closed in March 2016.</p></li><li><p>The VOA is currently located on Ty Glas Road, Cardiff. They intend to remain in Cardiff, and plan to relocate into the Cardiff Government hub, co-located with HMRC during 2020-2021.</p></li><li><p>Whilst there was an Inland Revenue Office at 27 Westgate Street, Cardiff, HMRC do not hold records of when this office closed.</p></li><li><p>The HMRC office on Stepney Street, Llanelli closed in 2014-2015.</p></li><li><p>The HMRC office on Britannia Terrace, Porthmadog closed in May 2018.</p></li><li><p>HMRC will continue to occupy the office on Ellice Way, Wrexham until 2020-2021.</p><p> </p><p>The VOA’s estates programme aligns to the wider Government Estate Strategy, and in the future VOA offices will often be based in Government Hubs, enabling closer working with other government departments. The intention is for the VOA's estates strategy to balance affordability, geographical coverage and allow more efficient and digital ways of working. As office space is reduced, the VOA will seek, where possible, to retain people and their skills in the Agency.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 19/11/2018 16:26:34 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1035053

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	Valuation Office Agency: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) staff and (b) full-time equivalent staff are employed in (i) payroll and (ii) non-payroll roles in the Valuation Office Agency.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	205095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <ol><li><p>The average number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff on payroll between 2017 and 2018 in the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) was 3,337. The average number of FTE staff off-payroll in the VOA in 2017-18 was 43. The total of 3,380 matches the figure published in the Annual Report and Accounts.</p></li><li><p>The average number of staff on payroll between 2017 and 2018 in the VOA was 3,575 and the average number of staff off - payroll in the VOA between 2017 and 2018 was 47.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/01/2019 14:39:07 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1007765

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have registered under the Registered Exporter system in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	191882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>12,321 businesses have been registered under the Registered Exporter system (Rex) since January 2017.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/11/2018 15:11:11 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1060577

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many citizens have registered a voice recognition password to access HMRC services; and what legal provisions apply to the collation of that voice recognition data by HMRC.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	221004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>7,227,106 customers have registered a voice recognition password to access HMRC services.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC currently relies on the legal basis of consent to collect and process voice data from individuals under Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. The legal basis for most processing of personal data in HMRC is Article 6(1)(e) and section 8 DPA 2018, namely “public task”. However, HMRC does not rely on the “public task” legal basis for Voice ID at present as HMRC allows the customer to decide whether they want to use Voice ID for convenience and it is only one of 3 methods HMRC uses to verify the identity of customers on the phone.</p><p> </p><p>As biometric data is special category data, one of the additional conditions in Article 9 of GDPR also needs to be met in order for HMRC to process this data. Given consent is the legal basis for processing, HMRC relies on the Article 9 (2)(a) condition of explicit consent for the processing. HMRC allows the customer to choose to opt in to use the service for convenience and verification by other means remains possible.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC obtains explicit consent from customers and clearly informs them about how they can withdraw their consent.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 18/02/2019 17:17:04 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1056698

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Fraud
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 level of fraud in (a) VAT, (b) customs duty and (c) excise duties at the United Kingdom border in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	218145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p><strong></strong>The information requested is not held. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) estimates the tax gap, which will encompass fraud, for VAT, excise duties and customs duty – the latter is contained within the Department’s estimates of ‘other taxes’. However, it is not possible to subdivide these tax gap estimates into fraud that occurs at the United Kingdom border and fraud that occurs elsewhere. Tax gap estimates for VAT, excise duties and other taxes for tax years 2005-06 to 2016-17 are available in chapters 2, 3 and 6, respectively, of HMRC’s publication Measuring Tax Gaps 2018. This report is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps</a>.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 12/02/2019 13:22:58 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1111223

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Trusts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which tax avoidance schemes involving trusts have been (a) notified to HMRC and (b) classified as harmful in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	243573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p><strong>Tax avoidance deprives the Exchequer of hundreds of millions of pounds a year. Every amount of tax avoided means more tax for other taxpayers to pay, or less funding for our vital public services – our nurses, teachers, doctors, police and many others.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Introduced in 2004, the Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Scheme (DOTAS) regime requires those who design and/or promote tax avoidance schemes to notify HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) where a scheme contains various ‘hallmarks’ of tax avoidance, or face a penalty. Once notified, HMRC send the promoter a Scheme Reference Number (SRN) who must give it to scheme users for inclusion on their tax returns. This alerts users that they are involved in a disclosed tax avoidance scheme. The fact that a scheme has been notified under DOTAS does not in any way signify that it has been ‘approved’ by HMRC. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Since 2014, over 60 schemes have been disclosed under DOTAS. </strong></p><p><strong>A list of tax avoidance schemes involving trusts which have been notified to HMRC over the past 5 years cannot be released because of HMRC’s duty of confidentiality. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>HMRC challenge appropriate cases and raises awareness of tax avoidance schemes through its series of Spotlight publications which is available on GOV.UK.</strong></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/04/2019 15:47:05 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1090936

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2019 to Question 203919 on Tax Avoidance, how many promoters of tax avoidance schemes paid HMRC a penalty in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	233579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>A key component of HMRC’s strategy in tackling the promoters of tax avoidance schemes is to change their behaviour so that they stop this activity altogether. HMRC has a range of powers available to it under the Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes (DOTAS), Promoters of Tax Avoidance Schemes (POTAS), and the Enablers legislation. Charging penalties is not the only sanction available under these regimes. As a result of HMRC’s concerted action, a number of major promoters have now co-operated with HMRC and have either stopped selling schemes or ceased in business altogether. Those who have failed to comply with their obligations under the DOTAS legislation may face penalties. Fewer than 5 penalties have been charged in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has challenged a number of promoters under the POTAS regime, since it was introduced in 2014, which were complied with as promoters ceased promoting schemes, but none have yet reached the stage of incurring liability to a penalty. The Enablers legislation was introduced in 2017. It imposes a new penalty of 100% of the gross fees, excluding VAT, for any person who enables the use of tax avoidance arrangements that are defeated by HMRC. It is too early for penalties to have been issued.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 21/03/2019 14:54:49 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1088764

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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, pursuant to the answer on 7th January 2019 given to Question 203919 on tax avoidance, how many promoters of tax avoidance schemes have paid HMRC a penalty in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	232589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>A key component of HMRC’s strategy in tackling the promoters of tax avoidance schemes is to change their behaviour so that they stop this activity altogether. HMRC has a range of powers available to it under the Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes (DOTAS), Promoters of Tax Avoidance Schemes (POTAS), and the Enablers legislation. Charging penalties is not the only sanction available under these regimes. As a result of HMRC’s concerted action, a number of major promoters have now co-operated with HMRC and have either stopped selling schemes or ceased in business altogether. Those who have failed to comply with their obligations under the DOTAS legislation may face penalties. Fewer than 5 penalties have been charged over the last 5 years.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has challenged a number of promoters under the POTAS regime, since it was introduced in 2014, which were complied with as promoters ceased promoting schemes, but none have yet reached the stage of incurring liability to a penalty. The Enablers legislation was introduced in 2017. It imposes a new penalty of 100% of the gross fees, excluding VAT, for any person who enables the use of tax avoidance arrangements that are defeated by HMRC. It is too early for penalties to have been issued.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 19/03/2019 17:14:14 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1041345

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Office of Tax Simplification: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many candidates in addition to Bill Dodwell were interviewed for the role of Tax Director of the Office of Tax Simplification.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	208201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>A number of strong applications were received for the position of Tax Director of the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) and four candidates were interviewed.</p><p> </p><p>The appointment was made on merit.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 17/01/2019 16:22:29 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1011427

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Personal Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what change there will be in net annual income between financial years 2018-19 and 2019-20 for a person earning £12,000 gross per annum as a result of changes to personal allowances and national insurance contributions from April 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	194057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>A person earning pay of £12,000 gross per annum (evenly spread across the year) in all parts of the UK excluding Scotland will have an increase of £54.96 in their net annual income between financial years 2018-19 and 2019-20 as a result of changes to personal allowances and national insurance contributions (NICs) from April 2019.</p><p> </p><p>A typical basic rate taxpayer in all parts of the UK excluding Scotland will pay £130 less in income tax in 2019-20 than in 2018-19.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 26/11/2018 14:38:17 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell