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418868

	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	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what definition of gross national income he uses to calculate spending towards the Government's targets of (a) 0.7 per cent spending on overseas development aid and (b) two per cent spending on defence.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	10252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>A) The UK Government plans its spending on official development assistance (ODA) using independent GNI estimates published by the ONS and forecasts published by OBR at that time. The official definition of GNI used to calculate spend on ODA is as follows: Gross national income (at market prices) represents total primary income receivable by resident institutional units: compensation of employees, taxes on production and imports less subsidies, property income (receivable less payable), gross operating surplus and gross mixed income. B) Spending on defence is measured against GDP based on figures published by the OECD.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 12/10/2015 14:39:28 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

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	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	Help to Buy Scheme: Glasgow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Glasgow North constituency have used the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme to date.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
	uin	200923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government publishes quarterly official statistics relating to the Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee scheme. The first of these were published on 29 May 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This report, along with accompanying tables, can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-march-2014</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 19/06/2014 14:55:41 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin

89480

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	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, what criteria were used to determine the location of new posts within the HM Revenue and Customs Debt Management Directorate.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
	uin	207480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs' Debt Management and Banking directorate has looked at existing capacity across its locations, specific functional requirements and IT infrastructure and used the availability of people and management to determine locations.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/09/2014 15:32:25 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin

89481

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Glasgow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will confirm why HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) staff currently employed in the Personal Tax Operations Directorate office in Glasgow and who wish to be transferred to HMRC Debt Management Directorate are not allowed to continue to work in HMRC Glasgow offices.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
	uin	207481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) Debt Management &amp; Banking Directorate is recruiting staff in locations across the country where it has specific functional requirements and the IT infrastructure to support the work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It has posts immediately available in East Kilbride and Cumbernauld. These jobs have been made available to all staff on fixed term appointments nationwide, including those currently working in Glasgow. Some of these members of staff have applied for jobs in East Kilbride and Cumbernauld. HMRC is continuing to look at options for the remaining staff within the Personal Tax line of business who want to continue their employment with HMRC.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/09/2014 15:34:41 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin

89482

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	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, whether the work of the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Debt Management Directorate can be carried out at any (a) HMRC office and (b) HMRC office currently used for the work of the Personal Tax Operations Directorate.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
	uin	207482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>Wherever possible, HM Revenue &amp; Customs aims to fill vacancies in the locations where its existing functions are already based. This is to ensure that suitable accommodation and IT is available and appropriate management to support new employees is in place on site.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/09/2014 15:30:09 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin

156810

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential for UK pension funds to invest in public infrastructure projects.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
	uin	215264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>Institutional investors, including pension funds, are a promising source of investment in UK infrastructure. Institutional investors are particularly relevant for infrastructure as they are looking for longer term investments to match defined liabilities that are realised when claims are made for pension or insurance purposes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government is encouraging greater involvement of institutional investors in UK infrastructure. The Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PIP) was announced in 2011 to help make infrastructure investment more accessible to pension funds. Earlier this year, 7 pension funds agreed to invest £100 million each. In February 2014 the PIP launched its first equity fund with a cap of £500 million, of which £250 million was committed, and has made a number of investments. The government also set up the Insurers’ Infrastructure Investment Forum to give members of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) a direct communication link to government, exploring ways to maximise opportunities for insurance fund managers to invest in UK infrastructure. In December 2013, six insurers – Aviva, Friends Life, Legal &amp; General, Prudential, Scottish Widows and Standard Life – said they will work alongside partners with the aim of delivering £25 billion of investment in UK infrastructure in the next five years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 01/12/2014 14:23:12 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin

156809

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the infrastructure projects prequalified under the UK Guarantees scheme have received financing since the inception of that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
	uin	215290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>Six guarantees and one stand-by facility, with a capital value of over £3 billion, have been issued to projects through the legislation underpinning the UK Guarantees Scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Twelve additional projects that were previously prequalified reached financial close without using the scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A list of prequalified projects and those issued guarantees can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-guarantees-scheme-prequalified-projects/uk-guarantees-scheme-table-of-prequalified-projects" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-guarantees-scheme-prequalified-projects/uk-guarantees-scheme-table-of-prequalified-projects</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 28/11/2014 14:07:02 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin

384645

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that multinational enterprises provide country-by-country tax reports in line with proposals made in the OECD's Country-by-Country Reporting Implementation Package, published in June 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	3541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK introduced legislation in Finance Act 2015 in order to implement the OECD model for Country-by-Country reporting (CbC). This proposal was initiated by the UK under its G8 presidency in 2013 and developed as part of the OECD's Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The OECD’s proposed implementation package, which was published on 8 June 2015, requires filing for Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) with fiscal years beginning on or after 1 January 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government will set out further detail on implementation in the UK in line with the international agreement in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 25/06/2015 15:13:34 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

384646

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many multinational enterprises that paid tax to the Government provided country-by-country tax reports to HM Revenue and Customs in 2010-15.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	3542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK introduced legislation in Finance Bill 2015 in order to implement the OECD model for Country-by-Country reporting (CbC). This proposal was initiated by the UK under its G8 presidency in 2013 and developed as part of the OECD's Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The OECD’s proposed implementation package, which was published on 8 June 2015, requires filing for Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) with fiscal years beginning on or after 1 January 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government will set out further detail on implementation in the UK in line with the international agreement in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 25/06/2015 14:59:02 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

384647

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that multinational enterprises publish full transparent breakdowns of their tax receipts.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	3543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK introduced legislation in Finance Bill 2015 in order to implement the G20-OECD model for Country-by-Country reporting. This will require multinational companies to provide information on the global allocation of income, economic activity and taxes, and will give tax authorities a clear picture of a multinational company’s global business, whilst ensuring the administrative costs for businesses are minimised.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The OECD model for Country-by-Country reporting to tax authorities is for high level risk assessment purposes and includes protections to ensure sensitive information remains confidential. Making the reporting information public would not enhance risk assessment and would likely increase resource implications on both business and tax authorities. The UK has however transposed the EU Capital Requirements Directive IV, which requires public reporting for the banking and capital markets industry.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The European Commission has launched a public consultation on this issue and will evaluate the costs and benefits of different forms of Country-by-Country reporting, including the public disclosure of this information. The UK will be interested in understanding their findings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 25/06/2015 15:17:11 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady