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58350

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the levels of (a) public sector investment, (b) private sector investment, (c) investment in intangibles and (d) other investment was in each G7 country in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	199413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>Gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) is an internationally standardised measure that captures whole economy investment, covering business, government and residential investment. International data on GFCF is available from the OECD, while data on the UK can be found in the ONS' business investment release; <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/bus-invest/business-investment/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/bus-invest/business-investment/index.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed internationally comparable data on investment are not readily available. Some countries also collect data on the shares of GFCF carried out by different institutional sectors, especially that conducted by general government; this data can be obtained from the OECD.</p><p> </p><p>While some forms of intangible investment are captured in the standard national accounts measure of investment (most notably software), a large range of intangible assets are not, including research and development, advertising, organisational know-how and training. The most comprehensive set of internationally comparable estimates are produced by <a href="http://www.intan-invest.net/" target="_blank">www.intan-invest.net</a>. These are produced on a market-sector basis and are therefore not directly comparable with the OECD statistics referenced above, which cover both market and non-market activity.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that a range of forthcoming changes to national accounting rules will affect cross-country estimates of GFCF and GDP. The most relevant of these for estimates of GFCF are the inclusion of spending on research and development and weapons systems. Further details can be found on the ONS website, at the following address: <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/development-programmes/esa2010/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/development-programmes/esa2010/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 12/06/2014 14:52:13 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

58479

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Offshore Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many internal reports, briefings or analysis papers HM Revenue and Customs has produced on the taxation arrangements for bareboat charters in the oil and gas sector since 2007; and what the findings were of each such report.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
uin	199293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>HMRC produces reports, briefings and analysis on the tax system as a matter of course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More information can be found in the Budget 2014 document and the accompanying publications.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 16/06/2014 15:02:33 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

57762

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what use his Department has made of the National Wellbeing Index introduced by the Office for National Statistics in formulating policy since the introduction of that Index in 2011; and what policies his Department has introduced to improve national wellbeing as defined in that Index since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	198873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister has said “<em>we'll start measuring our progress as a country not just by how our economy is growing, but by our quality of life</em>.”</p><p> </p><p>The National Wellbeing Index and Measures of Wellbeing provides a rich contribution to the debate about the health and happiness of the people of the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These are relatively new statistical series, meaning that the evidence base on wellbeing, and the implications for policy making, are still being developed. The ONS Wellbeing statistics released on the 4<sup>th</sup> June made a helpful contribution to this debate. They revealed for example, that those households that receive more of their income from benefits are more likely to have lower life satisfaction. This government has overseen record employment levels and is reforming the benefit system so that it always pays to work and people are not trapped in a life on benefits.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 12/06/2014 15:11:44 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

57832

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of revenue accruing to the Exchequer from air passenger duty in respect of (a) domestic and (b) international flights from each airport in Scotland in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	198983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not collect information on the contribution to air passenger duty (APD) revenues made from flights to or from specific airports or countries.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has published a set of statistics presenting estimates of the disaggregation of tax receipts between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disaggregation-of-hmrc-tax-receipts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disaggregation-of-hmrc-tax-receipts</a></p><p>The estimate for the total amount of APD revenues attributable to Scotland in 2012/13 was £227 million. This estimate is not broken down by revenues from domestic and international flights.</p><p> </p><p>Information on APD revenues and passenger numbers by band is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutyBulletins.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutyBulletins.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of passengers flying to and from UK airports is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=80&amp;pagetype=88&amp;pageid=3&amp;sglid=3#Data" target="_blank">http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?catid=80&amp;pagetype=88&amp;pageid=3&amp;sglid=3#Data</a></p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 09/06/2014 14:02:49 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

57913

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of the average claim for tax credit made by people who were (a) out of work, (b) self-employed and (c) employed in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	198956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>The following table is based on finalised tax credits administrative data for each financial year. The latest data available are 2012-13.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Tax Year</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p>Average tax credit award for households who are classified as 'in work'</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average tax credit award for households who are classified as 'out of work'</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as self employed only</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as employed only</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as both employed and self employed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>£4,700</p></td><td><p>£6,500</p></td><td><p>£3,300</p></td><td><p>£3,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£5,000</p></td><td><p>£6,800</p></td><td><p>£3,700</p></td><td><p>£4,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£5,200</p></td><td><p>£6,900</p></td><td><p>£3,900</p></td><td><p>£4,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£5,600</p></td><td><p>£7,200</p></td><td><p>£4,500</p></td><td><p>£4,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£6,000</p></td><td><p>£<del class="ministerial">7,600</del> <ins class="ministerial"><ins>7,500</ins></ins></p></td><td><p>£<del class="ministerial">6,300</del> <ins class="ministerial"><ins>6,200</ins></ins></p></td><td><p>£<del class="ministerial">6,400</del> <ins class="ministerial"><ins>6,000</ins></ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures have been rounded to the nearest £100.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The increase in average tax credit awards in 2012-13 can largely be explained by the removal of the ‘Second Income Threshold’ in April 2012. This policy removed a number of higher income households from the tax credit population. As higher income households generally have lower tax credits awards, the effect of removing these households increases the average award.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 10/06/2014 09:38:55 question first ministerially corrected 24/03/2015 12:39:18 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes previous answer version 268 answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

57914

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of tax credit claimants were (a) out of work, (b) self-employed and (c) employed in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	198957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>The following table is based on finalised tax credits administrative data for each financial year. The latest data available are 2012-13.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Tax Year</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Proportion of households in receipt of tax credits who are classified as 'in work'</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion of households in receipt of tax credits who are classified as 'out of work'</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as self employed only</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as employed only</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as both employed and self employed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The increase in the proportion of out of work and self employed households in 2012-13 (and the decrease in the proportion of employed households) can largely be explained by the removal of the ‘Second Income Threshold' of tax credits in April 2012. This policy change removed a large number of higher income households from the population. As self employed and out of work households generally have lower incomes, they were less affected by this change and so their proportion in the population has increased.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 10/06/2014 09:18:34 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

58023

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to exempt people in receipt of attendance allowance from paying vehicle excise duty.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	199105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>Consistent with the approach taken by successive governments there are no plans to exempt Attend Allowance recipients from Vehicle Excise Duty. However, all taxes are kept under review as part of the annual Budget process.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 09/06/2014 13:57:04 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

50448

registered interest
date	09/05/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many single people have had sanctions placed on their tax credits on the ground that someone else was also resident at the property in the last three years; and how many such sanctions have subsequently been overturned.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	198297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>HMRC does not have data on undeclared partner interventions before 2011-12.</p><p> </p><p>During the 2011-12 tax year HMRC carried out compliance interventions on 30,869 single person claims with a suspected undeclared partner and amended 15,705 awards as a result.</p><p> </p><p>During the 2012-13 tax year HMRC carried out compliance interventions on 105,521 single person claims with a suspected undeclared partner and amended 43,092 awards as a result.</p><p> </p><p>During the 2013-14 tax year HMRC carried out compliance interventions on 140,923 single person claims with a suspected undeclared partner and amended 28,516 awards as a result.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not hold the requested data for the number of decisions subsequently overturned on appeal.</p><p> </p><p>The change in level of award amendments over the three years reflects the fact that good progress was made in identifying cases in 2011 and 2012.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

50380

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to Question 193089, tabled on 20 March 2014 for answer on 25 March 2014.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	198277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>I have done so.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

50106

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has undertaken any work to assess how many jobs in the UK are dependent on trade with the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wells
tabling member printed	Tessa Munt
uin	198142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>HM Treasury regularly monitors economic developments in the UK and elsewhere. In doing so, it considers a wide range of publications and analyses, from many sources and covering many issues.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4089 label Biography information for Tessa Munt