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843555

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Charitable Donations: VAT Exemptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received relief from VAT on supplies to charities in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	127896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The details that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) collects from taxpayers on their VAT returns are not specific enough to provide the number of people benefiting from this relief. HMRC does not require this level of detail because it would place a considerable administrative burden on businesses.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 127897 question first answered 22/02/2018 16:13:30 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

843556

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Aircraft and Shipping: VAT Exemptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received relief from VAT on certain ships and aircraft in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	127897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The details that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) collects from taxpayers on their VAT returns are not specific enough to provide the number of people benefiting from this relief. HMRC does not require this level of detail because it would place a considerable administrative burden on businesses.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 127896 question first answered 22/02/2018 16:13:31 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

843696

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Employee Ownership and Save as You Earn: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse has been of the operation of the (a) Share Incentive Plan and (b) Save As You Earn all -employee share schemes in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	128043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The estimated cost to the Exchequer of both the Share Incentive Plan and Save As You Earn employee share schemes is published in “Table 6.1: The Estimated Costs of Tax Relief”:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/table-61-estimated-costs-of-income-tax-and-nics-relief" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/table-61-estimated-costs-of-income-tax-and-nics-relief</a></p><p> </p><p>Data for the tax year 2016-17 is due to be published in June 2018.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/02/2018 15:59:32 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

843697

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Save as You Earn
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of postponing the implementation of the Save As You Earn contributions holiday change scheduled to begin on 6 April 2018 to allow a longer preparatory period for the share plan industry to undertake IT and software changes and testing; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	128045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The government announced at Autumn Budget that it would extend the Save As You Earn (SAYE) contributions holiday from 6 to 12 months for those on maternity and parental leave from 6 April 2018. After receiving representations from the share plan industry, the government is delaying the implementation of this change until 1 September 2018 to allow for software changes and testing.</p><p> </p><p>The government will from the same date extend the SAYE contributions holiday to 12 months for all SAYE plans. This change will extend the benefit to all SAYE participants.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 128047 128049 question first answered 27/02/2018 15:58:35 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

843698

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Save as You Earn
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether proposals to increase the contributions holiday for Save As You Earn schemes from six to 12 months will apply to all employees who miss their payment contributions.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	128047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The government announced at Autumn Budget that it would extend the Save As You Earn (SAYE) contributions holiday from 6 to 12 months for those on maternity and parental leave from 6 April 2018. After receiving representations from the share plan industry, the government is delaying the implementation of this change until 1 September 2018 to allow for software changes and testing.</p><p> </p><p>The government will from the same date extend the SAYE contributions holiday to 12 months for all SAYE plans. This change will extend the benefit to all SAYE participants.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 128045 128049 question first answered 27/02/2018 15:58:35 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

843699

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Save as You Earn
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings he has had with representatives of the UK's share plan industry to discuss the proposed increase in the contributions holiday for Save As You Earn schemes from six to 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	128049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The government announced at Autumn Budget that it would extend the Save As You Earn (SAYE) contributions holiday from 6 to 12 months for those on maternity and parental leave from 6 April 2018. After receiving representations from the share plan industry, the government is delaying the implementation of this change until 1 September 2018 to allow for software changes and testing.</p><p> </p><p>The government will from the same date extend the SAYE contributions holiday to 12 months for all SAYE plans. This change will extend the benefit to all SAYE participants.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 128045 128047 question first answered 27/02/2018 15:58:35 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

843704

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Services: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many social care providers HMRC has written to in respect of such providers about allegedly underpaying minimum wage rates for sleep-in shifts; and how many of those providers have since opted into the Social Care Compliance Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	128059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The government are determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum and National Living Wage (NMW) receives it. Anyone who feels they have been underpaid NMW should contact the Acas helpline on 0300 123 1100. HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) review all complaints that are referred to them.</p><p> </p><p>The Social Care Compliance Scheme (SCCS) was introduced on 1 November 2017 to provide an interim enforcement approach to the social care sector. From this date up until the 18 February 2018;</p><p> </p><p>· HMRC has contacted 587 social care employers inviting them to apply to join the SCCS. Of these, 424 have applied to join the SCCS, and a further 124 providers have applied to join without prior HMRC contact, making a total of 548 social care employers who have applied to join SCCS.</p><p> </p><p>· No arrears have been identified through SCCS to date: social care employers who join SCCS have until 31 December 2018 to declare arrears which will then be subject to assurance checks. As such the total arrears identified will not be available until after this date.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 128060 question first answered 22/02/2018 16:02:19 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

843705

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Services: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many social care providers have opted into the Social Care Compliance Scheme; how much money owed to workers has been identified through that scheme; and what estimate has been made of what that sum of money represents as a proportion of the total amount of money owed in sleep-in shift payments.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	128060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The government are determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum and National Living Wage (NMW) receives it. Anyone who feels they have been underpaid NMW should contact the Acas helpline on 0300 123 1100. HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) review all complaints that are referred to them.</p><p> </p><p>The Social Care Compliance Scheme (SCCS) was introduced on 1 November 2017 to provide an interim enforcement approach to the social care sector. From this date up until the 18 February 2018;</p><p> </p><p>· HMRC has contacted 587 social care employers inviting them to apply to join the SCCS. Of these, 424 have applied to join the SCCS, and a further 124 providers have applied to join without prior HMRC contact, making a total of 548 social care employers who have applied to join SCCS.</p><p> </p><p>· No arrears have been identified through SCCS to date: social care employers who join SCCS have until 31 December 2018 to declare arrears which will then be subject to assurance checks. As such the total arrears identified will not be available until after this date.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 128059 question first answered 22/02/2018 16:02:19 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

843730

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage: Arrears
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's press release of 7 February 2018 on the Government recovering £11 million in minimum wage arrears for 98,000 workers, how much of that sum was then paid to those workers; and how many of those workers received in full the minimum wage arrears owed to them.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	128127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The government are determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum and National Living Wage (NMW) receives it. Anyone who feels they have been underpaid NMW should contact the Acas helpline on 0300 123 1100. HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) review all complaints that are referred to them.</p><p> </p><p>Where arrears are identified HMRC complete risk-based assurance checks to ensure employers have repaid the arrears owed to workers. If employers do not repay arrears to workers HMRC will pursue civil recovery of arrears through the courts.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is unable to provide information on sums ultimately received by each individual worker as it does not centrally collect and maintain this data. HMRC always takes action to ensure workers receive what they are entitled to.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/02/2018 14:41:23 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

843869

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 13 July 2017 to Question 4057 on Revenue and Customs: ICT, if he will provide an update on the provision or procurement of replacement services previously provided through the Aspire contract.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	128292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) successfully exited the Aspire IT contract on 30 June 2017. HMRC are managing the contracts that we have let and taken on as part of the Aspire exit. Savings remain on target at around £200 million a year by 2020-21, on a like-for-like basis.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/02/2018 14:39:43 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett