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	registered interest
	date	20/01/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to review the amount of compensation for losses paid to Equitable Life policy holders over the course of the current Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	23265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>There are no plans to review the payments made by the Equitable Life Payment Scheme. The Scheme closed to new claims on 31<sup>st</sup> December 2015. However, the annual payments to With-Profits Annuitants will continue unaffected for the duration of their annuity.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 28/01/2016 14:33:59 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

514375

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Employee Ownership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will commission independent research on the potential effect on employee share ownership scheme take-up of planned withdrawal of the HM Revenue and Customs' valuation check service on 31 March 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	34760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has been consulting representative bodies through the Valuation Fiscal Forum over the last 18 months.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has not withdrawn valuation services that are most relevant to employee share ownership schemes but has withdrawn valuation checks for income tax and PAYE as in most cases acceptable valuations were submitted and therefore, on a cost-benefit analysis, continuation of the service could no longer be justified.</p><p> </p><p>As HMRC has not withdrawn valuation services that are most relevant to employee share ownership schemes it is not intended to commission independent research on the potential effect of those valuation services being withdrawn.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not plan to withdraw the valuation check service for Chattels. Procedures remain unchanged from those outlined at the Chattels Valuation Fiscal Forum 2010 and, most recently, 2014.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 34758 34759 question first answered 26/04/2016 13:45:43 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

514374

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Employee Ownership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings or consultations his Department had with companies and industry groups offering and promoting employee share ownership schemes before announcing the withdrawal of HM Revenue and Customs' valuation check service in February 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	34759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has been consulting representative bodies through the Valuation Fiscal Forum over the last 18 months.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has not withdrawn valuation services that are most relevant to employee share ownership schemes but has withdrawn valuation checks for income tax and PAYE as in most cases acceptable valuations were submitted and therefore, on a cost-benefit analysis, continuation of the service could no longer be justified.</p><p> </p><p>As HMRC has not withdrawn valuation services that are most relevant to employee share ownership schemes it is not intended to commission independent research on the potential effect of those valuation services being withdrawn.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not plan to withdraw the valuation check service for Chattels. Procedures remain unchanged from those outlined at the Chattels Valuation Fiscal Forum 2010 and, most recently, 2014.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 34758 34760 question first answered 26/04/2016 13:45:43 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

514373

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Employee Ownership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs plans to withdraw the valuation check services for the validation of valuation estimates of works of art and antiques as part of the withdrawal of the valuation check service for employee share ownership schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	34758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has been consulting representative bodies through the Valuation Fiscal Forum over the last 18 months.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has not withdrawn valuation services that are most relevant to employee share ownership schemes but has withdrawn valuation checks for income tax and PAYE as in most cases acceptable valuations were submitted and therefore, on a cost-benefit analysis, continuation of the service could no longer be justified.</p><p> </p><p>As HMRC has not withdrawn valuation services that are most relevant to employee share ownership schemes it is not intended to commission independent research on the potential effect of those valuation services being withdrawn.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not plan to withdraw the valuation check service for Chattels. Procedures remain unchanged from those outlined at the Chattels Valuation Fiscal Forum 2010 and, most recently, 2014.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 34759 34760 question first answered 26/04/2016 13:45:43 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

90815

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Bankruptcy: Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce a threshold for the maximum proportion of a person’s assets HM Revenue and Customs should seek as advance payment on tax avoidance schemes to prevent people becoming bankrupt.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	208370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) will treat Accelerated Payments as a debt like any other, so HMRC will be able to use their normal considerations and flexibilities in cases of genuine hardship. HMRC will consider alternative payment arrangements as they do with any debt. The priority in cases of genuine hardship will be to get people onto a payment track so that the debt is paid as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>It would be complex and costly to assess the ability of all those due an Accelerated Payment notice to pay the notice in advance of issuing it. It also risks creating a rigid approach that does not provide the flexibility to treat individual cases on their own terms.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will equally be able to use their full range of debt collection powers as necessary to recover what is owed by the taxpayer, including insolvency powers in the most extreme cases.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC will always ensure that its action is proportionate and the particular action will always depend on the precise facts and circumstances of the particular taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/09/2014 09:47:23 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

90814

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy that HM Revenue and Customs collect detailed statistics on tax avoidance separately from data on general compliance.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	208369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are developing a new system to allow them to interrogate more easily data on avoidance. This system will complement other strategic HMRC case management systems.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/09/2014 09:43:39 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

89984

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many tax avoidance cases HM Revenue and Customs has litigated in each of the last five years; and in how many of these it was successful.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	207624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Between March 2010 and April 2014, decisions were handed down by the courts and tribunals in 124 tax avoidance cases litigated by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). HMRC was successful in winning all or some points in 101of these. Many of these cases involved several taxpayers, and concerned marketed avoidance schemes used by many more. The following table sets out the number of litigation cases that have been decided upon and the number of cases where HMRC has been successful on some or all points in the years 2010/11 to 2013/14. A similar analysis has not been made for 2009/10.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Decisions in avoidance cases</p></td><td><p>Successes for HMRC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/09/2014 15:07:52 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

89985

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees HM Revenue and Customs had in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	207623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>The Office of National Statistics publishes staffing figures in the Annual Civil Service Survey reports. These can be found at <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pse/civil-service-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pse/civil-service-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/09/2014 15:04:26 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

61986

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times HM Revenue and Customs has met with (a) the Ministry of Justice and (b) the Insolvency Service to discuss the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 reforms to insolvency litigation on creditors since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	200898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs regularly meet with other departments as a matter of course.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 23/06/2014 15:37:07 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

61987

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints have been made about HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last five years; and how many such complaints related to mistakes in calculated tax liability.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	200897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p><strong>The table below shows the number of complaints received by HM Revenue and Customs (excluding the VOA) for each of the years 2009/10 – 2013/14. The figure for 2013/14 will be published in the HMRC Annual Report later this month. </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of complaints </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>71406</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>76721</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>74831</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>67956</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>64729</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>HMRC's complaints database does not currently distinguish between complaints about mistakes in calculated tax liability from mistakes in other functions. HMRC is developing a robust process for learning from customer's complaints which aims to reduce or eliminate mistakes made. </strong></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 23/06/2014 15:04:40 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller