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42108

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Honours and Decorations Committee's report from its last meeting to consider the recommendations of Sir John Holmes will go forward for final approval.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	James Wharton
	uin	191246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2014 answer text <p>The Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals (HD Committee) met in January 2014 and considered a number of recommendations put forward by Sir John Holmes regarding the rules for awarding military medals. The Committee&rsquo;s report is now in the process of being formally approved. </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 191245 question first answered 13/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm

42109

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Honours and Decorations Committee last met to consider the recommendations put forward by Sir John Holmes regarding the rules for the awarding of military medals.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	James Wharton
	uin	191245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2014 answer text <p>The Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals (HD Committee) met in January 2014 and considered a number of recommendations put forward by Sir John Holmes regarding the rules for awarding military medals. The Committee&rsquo;s report is now in the process of being formally approved. </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 191246 question first answered 13/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm

89987

	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	Corporation Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on the level of the threshold for corporation tax exemption for charities and unincorporated associations.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	James Wharton
	uin	207637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>There is no restriction on the level of charitable trading a charity may carry out, and any profits are exempt from tax so long as the profits are used for wholly charitable purposes. When charities carry out non-charitable trading there is a corporation tax exemption so long as the trading receipts are no more than £50,000 a year and represent no more than 25% of the charity’s incoming resources.</p><p> </p><p>Charities that wish to carry out non-charitable trading above these limits can set up and trade through a subsidiary trading company, which protects the charity from the possibility of trading losses. The subsidiary can then use corporate Gift Aid to pass any profits back to the parent charity without incurring a corporation tax charge.</p><p> </p><p>There is a similar exemption from tax on trading income for Community Amateur Sports Clubs, which is currently set at £30,000. The Government has announced this threshold will be raised to £50,000, to align with the charity small -scale trading exemption.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has no further plans to raise these thresholds which allow charities to undertake small scale non-charitable trading without the administrative burden of setting up a trading subsidiary. However, as with all reliefs and exemptions we continue to keep the exemption for small-scale trading under review.</p><p> </p><p>Unincorporated associations are taxed as companies and have no specific corporation tax exemptions. In the same way as other companies, they are chargeable to corporation tax and are eligible for the same reliefs.</p><p> </p><p>The only exception to this rule concerns clubs and unincorporated organisations with very small tax liabilities, which are run exclusively for the benefit of their members and whose annual Corporation Tax liability is not expected to exceed £100. In this case, HMRC will treat the organisation as dormant.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to the representations received on these matters, Treasury Ministers and officials receive and consider a wide variety of representations from organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury publishes a list of ministerial meetings with external organisations. This is available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 207638 question first answered 08/09/2014 14:43:39 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm

89988

	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	Corporation Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will raise the threshold for corporation tax exemption for charities and unincorporated associations.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	James Wharton
	uin	207638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>There is no restriction on the level of charitable trading a charity may carry out, and any profits are exempt from tax so long as the profits are used for wholly charitable purposes. When charities carry out non-charitable trading there is a corporation tax exemption so long as the trading receipts are no more than £50,000 a year and represent no more than 25% of the charity’s incoming resources.</p><p> </p><p>Charities that wish to carry out non-charitable trading above these limits can set up and trade through a subsidiary trading company, which protects the charity from the possibility of trading losses. The subsidiary can then use corporate Gift Aid to pass any profits back to the parent charity without incurring a corporation tax charge.</p><p> </p><p>There is a similar exemption from tax on trading income for Community Amateur Sports Clubs, which is currently set at £30,000. The Government has announced this threshold will be raised to £50,000, to align with the charity small -scale trading exemption.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has no further plans to raise these thresholds which allow charities to undertake small scale non-charitable trading without the administrative burden of setting up a trading subsidiary. However, as with all reliefs and exemptions we continue to keep the exemption for small-scale trading under review.</p><p> </p><p>Unincorporated associations are taxed as companies and have no specific corporation tax exemptions. In the same way as other companies, they are chargeable to corporation tax and are eligible for the same reliefs.</p><p> </p><p>The only exception to this rule concerns clubs and unincorporated organisations with very small tax liabilities, which are run exclusively for the benefit of their members and whose annual Corporation Tax liability is not expected to exceed £100. In this case, HMRC will treat the organisation as dormant.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to the representations received on these matters, Treasury Ministers and officials receive and consider a wide variety of representations from organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury publishes a list of ministerial meetings with external organisations. This is available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 207637 question first answered 08/09/2014 14:43:40 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm

756791

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been transferred to the UK under the Dublin III Regulation since January 2017; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	8318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>The Dublin Regulation allows unaccompanied children who have claimed asylum in another Member State to be transferred here to have their asylum claim assessed if they have a qualifying family member legally present in the UK and transfer would be in their best interests. In order for the Dublin Regulation to apply, an unaccompanied child must first claim asylum in the Member State in which they are located and that Member State must issue a Take Charge Request to the UK.</p><p>The Government has committed to publishing regular updates on the number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children transferred to the UK from Europe. This data will be published in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on transfers under the Dublin Regulation are already available here:</p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Asylum_quarterly_report" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Asylum_quarterly_report</a></p><p> </p><p>Asylum statistics are published quarterly in the Home Office Immigration Statistics release, which can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017/how-many-people-do-we-grant-asylum-or-protection-to" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017/how-many-people-do-we-grant-asylum-or-protection-to</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 07/09/2017 16:17:59 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

756792

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the number of children is who were transferred under the Dublin III Regulation in 2016 by nature of the relative they were reunited with.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	8317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>At present we do not publish data on cases covered by the Dublin Regulation. Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, regularly publishes Member State figures, which can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Dublin_statistics_on_countries_responsible_for_asylum_application" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Dublin_statistics_on_countries_responsible_for_asylum_application</a></p><p>The Government has committed to publishing regular updates on the number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children transferred to the UK from Europe, including those transferred under the Dublin Regulation. This data will be published in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 07/09/2017 16:16:17 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

759196

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the £300 million discretionary rate relief fund to support businesses has been issued to ratepayers.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	9809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Many local authorities have made good progress in implementing their local discretionary schemes and have published the details of their eligibility criteria. Further to the Written Ministerial Statement I made on the 14 September on the progress of the Business Rates relief schemes announced at the Budget, I wrote to authorities encouraging them to speed up implementation. My Department will publish a list of authorities which have rebilled, shortly.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 9808 question first answered 09/10/2017 15:47:58 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 11886 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

759198

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have published details of the eligibility criteria for the £300 million discretionary relief fund to support businesses with increased rates bills; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	9808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Many local authorities have made good progress in implementing their local discretionary schemes and have published the details of their eligibility criteria. Further to the Written Ministerial Statement I made on the 14 September on the progress of the Business Rates relief schemes announced at the Budget, I wrote to authorities encouraging them to speed up implementation. My Department will publish a list of authorities which have rebilled, shortly.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 9809 question first answered 09/10/2017 15:47:58 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 11885 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

765749

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average payment per unit of dental activity for dental practices is in (a) Stockton on Tees, (b) the North East and (c) England.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	106309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>Information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/10/2017 16:11:17 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

772498

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to increase staff resources in her Department to implement the Government's reforms to private contractor relationships announced on 3 October 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	901235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to increase staff numbers in order to implement the Supplier Review. Implementation will be delivered within DFID’s existing budget with no additional cost to taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/10/2017 15:54:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams