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1035057

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date	04/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Office of Tax Simplification: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) staff and (b) full-time equivalent staff are employed in (I) payroll and (b) non-payroll roles in the Office of Tax Simplification.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	205099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>As stated in the Office of Tax Simplification Annual Report, during the year to 31 March 2018, a total of 20 people worked for the OTS at some stage, either full-time or part-time. Across the year as a whole this amounted to the equivalent of 8.25 full time people.</p><p> </p><p>These staff were all payroll.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/01/2019 15:53:02 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1035059

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Office of Tax Simplification: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) payroll and (b) non-payroll staff in the Office of Tax Simplification.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	205101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>As stated in the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) 2017/18 Annual Report, the OTS’s budget for the year April 2017 to March 2018 was £870,000, of which the pay element was £680,000.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/01/2019 15:54:07 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1035079

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HMRC Single Departmental Plan, published on 12 July 2018, what assessment HMRC has made of the effect on compliance yield of the redeployment of HMRC Compliance Caseworkers to undertake preparatory work on the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	205291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>HMRC regularly monitors its performance against its Compliance Yield target, which includes making assessments of the potential impacts of the redeployment of caseworkers. HMRC is on track to deliver the £30bn compliance yield target for 2018-19.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/01/2019 15:43:28 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1035080

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral Evidence of the Permanent Secretary of HMRC of 5 November 2018 to the Public Accounts Committee, Question 152, what assessment he has made of the capacity of his Department to ensure that all legislation in relation to Customs, Vat and Excise required for the UK leaving the EU without a deal will be receive Royal Assent or Affirmative Resolution by 29 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	205292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>The Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018, which received Royal Assent on 13 September 2018, includes a series of substantive provisions and powers that will ensure functioning customs, VAT and excise regimes after EU exit.</p><p> </p><p>The government remains confident that all required SIs will be brought forward in good time.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/01/2019 15:42:12 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1035082

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HMRC staff in each pay grade have written opt out agreements under Regulation 5 of the Working Time Regulations 1998.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	205294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text The number of people in each pay grade in HMRC who have written opt out agreements are:<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of staff</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Administrative Assistant (AA)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Administrative Officer (AO)</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Executive Officer (O)</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Executive Officer (HO)</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Executive Officer (SO)</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS PB1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS PB2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>244</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/01/2019 15:38:40 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1035085

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff HMRC has requested to work in excess of 48 hours per week in preparation for the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	205295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>HMRC monitor the number of staff who work in excess of 48 hours per week. However, we do not document the reason staff adopt this working pattern. We are therefore unable to advise if this working pattern relates to preparations for the UK leaving the EU.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/01/2019 15:51:47 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1035202

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2018 to Question 197633 on VAT: Electronic Government, how many and what proportion of eligible businesses have signed up for making tax digital for VAT.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	205403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>Further to my response on 5 December 2018 to PQ 197633; daily take-up during this pilot stage has now increased to over 100 businesses per day. HMRC is continuing to issue letters to all businesses in scope inviting them to join early, so that they can test the service before mandation.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/01/2019 15:45:43 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds