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637813

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times his Department has (a) terminated a contract, (b) imposed a penalty and (c) denied permission for a company to tender on the grounds of grave professional misconduct since November 2015.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	53202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/11/2016 17:31:59 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

637815

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	PAYE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the potential annual administrative savings resulting from a decision to combine national insurance and income tax deductions for those on PAYE.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	53208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>Reliable estimates are not available of the potential annual administrative impact resulting from a decision to combine national insurance and income tax deductions for those on PAYE.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Tax Simplification (OTS) recently published a report, on 14 November, regarding closer alignment of income tax and National Insurance Contributions (NICs). Whilst the OTS did not produce cost estimates, their report highlighted a number of areas that would impact on the administrative burdens for HM Revenue and Customs as a result of combining deductions for NICs and income tax. This is summarised in paragraph 2.100 of the OTS publication, which is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/567491/OTS_report_web_final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/567491/OTS_report_web_final.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/11/2016 16:58:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

637820

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Employment Agencies: Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to investigate how much national insurance has been lost through avoidance methods used by temporary recruitment agencies.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	53274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>These schemes are under investigation by HM Revenue and Customs. Penalties are in place for those caught attempting to avoid tax by using an avoidance scheme. This includes promoters of such schemes who can face fines of up to £1 million for failing to notify an avoidance scheme under the Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes regime<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/11/2016 17:39:08 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

637821

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Money Laundering: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs has prosecuted a company formation agent for facilitating money laundering in the UK in the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	53282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is not a prosecuting authority and does not collate statistics specifically on investigations or prosecutions involving company formation agents. The number of HMRC employees involved in investigating company formation agents is not available, as HMRC staff would not normally work just on company formation agent cases, and activity statistics are not broken down to this level of detail.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has a statutory duty of confidentiality and therefore is unable to comment on individual cases.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 53283 53284 53305 question first answered 24/11/2016 17:36:04 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

637822

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Money Laundering: Criminal Investigation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investigations HM Revenue and Customs is conducting into company formation agents on suspicion of facilitating money laundering in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	53283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is not a prosecuting authority and does not collate statistics specifically on investigations or prosecutions involving company formation agents. The number of HMRC employees involved in investigating company formation agents is not available, as HMRC staff would not normally work just on company formation agent cases, and activity statistics are not broken down to this level of detail.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has a statutory duty of confidentiality and therefore is unable to comment on individual cases.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 53282 53284 53305 question first answered 24/11/2016 17:36:04 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

637823

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees within HM Revenue and Customs are responsible for investigating company formation agents.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	53284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is not a prosecuting authority and does not collate statistics specifically on investigations or prosecutions involving company formation agents. The number of HMRC employees involved in investigating company formation agents is not available, as HMRC staff would not normally work just on company formation agent cases, and activity statistics are not broken down to this level of detail.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has a statutory duty of confidentiality and therefore is unable to comment on individual cases.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 53282 53283 53305 question first answered 24/11/2016 17:36:04 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

637824

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Companies: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs has (a) refused to register a company formation agent or (b) withdrawn the registration of a company formation agent due to a failure to meet regulatory requirements on money laundering in the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	53285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs has both refused to register, and withdrawn registrations of company formation agents because of failure to meet requirements under the Money Laundering Regulations in the last 10 years.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/11/2016 17:25:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

637825

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Money Laundering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the (a) letter sent by the lawyers of Hermitage Capital Management (HCM) to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in 2013 on the company formation agency GSL which HCM accuses of facilitating money laundering in the UK and (b) response to that letter by HMRC.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	53305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is not a prosecuting authority and does not collate statistics specifically on investigations or prosecutions involving company formation agents. The number of HMRC employees involved in investigating company formation agents is not available, as HMRC staff would not normally work just on company formation agent cases, and activity statistics are not broken down to this level of detail.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has a statutory duty of confidentiality and therefore is unable to comment on individual cases.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 53282 53283 53284 question first answered 24/11/2016 17:36:04 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

637827

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Insurance Premium Tax
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 review the current rates of insurance premium tax.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	53397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>As announced at Autumn Statement 2016, the standard rate of insurance premium tax will increase to 12% with effect from 1 June 2017.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/11/2016 17:31:18 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

637974

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Companies: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there have been any prosecutions in relation to companies which have significant funds paid into their bank accounts yet report in corporate filings that they are dormant and not trading in the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	53309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) uses a range of information and intelligence sources, including Companies House returns, where it suspects a company is being misused to facilitate serious tax fraud to inform its investigation and prosecution strategies. If an individual is abusing a seemingly dormant company HMRC will investigate and determine the most appropriate operational outcome including prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not collect data to a sufficient level of detail required to provide the requested information.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 24/11/2016 17:24:04 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake