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511437

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Adam Smith Institute
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many meetings she had with the Adam Smith Institute between 1 October 2012 and 31 March 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	33609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Meetings with DFID Ministers are published on a regular basis at: <a href="https://data.gov.uk/dataset/dfid-sos-gifts-travel-hospitality-meetings-may-july-2010" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/dataset/dfid-sos-gifts-travel-hospitality-meetings-may-july-2010</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 18/04/2016 15:41:07 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

511430

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Anti-corruption Summit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the UK Anti-Corruption Summit being held in London in May 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	33568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>In addition to regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues in relation to the Summit, DFID is represented in the Inter-Ministerial Group on Anti-Corruption. This Group is tasked with overseeing the government’s work to tackle corruption domestically and internationally, and specifically at this time the planning for the Summit and implementation of its conclusions.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 18/04/2016 12:05:58 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

511436

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Anti-corruption Summit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what preparations her Department has made for the UK Anti-Corruption Summit to be held in London in May 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	33608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The UK is determined to make the Anti-Corruption Summit in May 2016 a success. This requires concerted action by a large number of interested parties. DFID is working closely with other Government Departments and a wide range of domestic and international partners, including civil society and business, to work together to deliver a successful summit.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 18/04/2016 12:05:11 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

511425

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Overseas Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the amount of profits moved out of developing countries by UK-listed companies in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	33606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department for International Development does not collect this data.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 19/04/2016 15:32:58 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

511429

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Overseas Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on making tax information of UK-listed companies available to developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	33571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>DFID Ministers and officials have regular discussions with other Government Departments on a wide range of issues relating to international development, including tax.</p><p>The UK supports efforts to improve tax transparency. We initiated international work on country-by-country (CbC) reporting during our G8 Presidency in 2013, calling on the OECD to develop a framework for CbC reporting to tax authorities as part of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project. This important initiative will enhance transparency between business and tax authorities, including those of developing countries.</p><p>The UK leads international efforts to help developing countries tackle tax evasion and avoidance. DFID funds the Global Forum and the World Bank to provide technical assistance to improve exchange of tax information in developing countries which will allow tax authorities to gain access to information such as country-by-country reports. We also support the OECD in helping developing countries tackle multinational practices such as transfer pricing and have provided HMRC tax auditors to Tax Inspectors Without Borders, which puts expert tax auditors in the field working on complex multinational audit cases.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 33572 question first answered 19/04/2016 15:30:51 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

511432

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Overseas Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the introduction of measures for country-by-country reporting of profits for UK-listed companies.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	33572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>DFID Ministers and officials have regular discussions with other Government Departments on a wide range of issues relating to international development, including tax.</p><p>The UK supports efforts to improve tax transparency. We initiated international work on country-by-country (CbC) reporting during our G8 Presidency in 2013, calling on the OECD to develop a framework for CbC reporting to tax authorities as part of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project. This important initiative will enhance transparency between business and tax authorities, including those of developing countries.</p><p>The UK leads international efforts to help developing countries tackle tax evasion and avoidance. DFID funds the Global Forum and the World Bank to provide technical assistance to improve exchange of tax information in developing countries which will allow tax authorities to gain access to information such as country-by-country reports. We also support the OECD in helping developing countries tackle multinational practices such as transfer pricing and have provided HMRC tax auditors to Tax Inspectors Without Borders, which puts expert tax auditors in the field working on complex multinational audit cases.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne grouped question UIN 33571 question first answered 19/04/2016 15:30:51 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

511292

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues on the effect of tax avoidance and evasion on developing countries as part of his preparations for the forthcoming UK Anti-Corruption Summit.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	33610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Treasury ministers are in regular dialogue with cabinet Colleagues on a range of issues.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has been at the forefront of the G20-OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project to tackle tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning by multinational enterprises. The project represents an unprecedented international effort that involved over 60 countries, including developing countries, working together to better align the taxation of profits with economic activity and value creation. A dedicated work stream was set up to target the issues which developing countries identified as their highest priorities, including unnecessary tax incentives and tools to undertake BEPS-risks assessments.</p><p> </p><p>The BEPS project was completed on 5 October 2015, and the focus is now on implementing the internationally agreed proposals. The UK is chairing a group of over 90 countries who are working together in 2016 to develop the Multilateral Instrument, which will simultaneously update the global network of over 3000 bilateral treaties to implement some of the changes resulting from the BEPS project. The group includes emerging economies and developing countries as well as OECD members. The vice-chairs of the group of representatives from China, Morocco and the Philippines, highlighting the importance of the multilateral instrument to developing countries and their central involvement in its design.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of our G8 Presidency, more than 90 countries have agreed to automatically exchange taxpayer financial account information. These global agreements will provide a step change in the ability of countries to tackle tax evasion as participating countries will be automatically sending and receiving information about the offshore financial accounts of taxpayers.</p><p> </p><p>All countries will be able to benefit from these changes to the international tax system, but some will require additional support if they are to do so. International organisations are therefore producing practical toolkits to help developing countries implement BEPS standards and the Government is funding international organisations to assist developing countries in obtaining technical assistance on issues such as transfer pricing. The Government funds the Global Forum and World Bank to support developing countries in implementing exchange of information systems and last year the Government announced a partnership with the Ghana revenue authority to pilot the new standard on automatic exchange of information. The Government also funds tax capacity building in the vast majority of its priority developing countries bilaterally and multilaterally, as well as through peer-to-peer technical assistance from HMRC.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 18/04/2016 16:59:09 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

511423

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the extent of tax evasion and tax avoidance in the global south.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	33604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>DFID has not made an estimate of the extent of tax evasion and avoidance in the global south due to a lack of reliable data.</p><p>The UK has been an international leader in efforts to tackle tax evasion and tax avoidance since the UK’s G8 Presidency in 2013. A key part of DFID’s work in this area is to ensure that developing countries can partake in and benefit from international initiatives to challenge tax avoidance and evasion.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 19/04/2016 15:31:54 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

511431

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether funding for UK-based consultancy firms is included in the UK's 0.7 per cent of gross domestic product overseas development assistance target.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	33569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Consultancy funding for UK-based firms is included in the UK’s 0.7 per cent of gross domestic product overseas development assistance target.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 18/04/2016 15:42:04 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

511284

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Financial Institutions: Assets
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to publish aggregate statistics showing the size and origin of assets in UK financial institutions.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	33605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Bank of England publishes aggregated data relating to UK Financial Institutions’ balance sheets. Its statistical releases can be found via the following link: http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/Pages/calendar/default.aspx</p><p> </p><p>Under the Capital Requirements (country-by-country reporting) Regulations 2013 there are reporting obligations on institutions in the United Kingdom within scope of the Capital Requirements Directive 4. The regulations require institutions to publish annually details on a consolidated basis, by country where they have an establishment. These details include: their name, nature of activities and geographical location; number of employees; and their turnover.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 18/04/2016 13:55:22 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain