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850360

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress is being made on reducing the deficit.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	904046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The deficit has been reduced by three quarters from its post-war peak in 2010, from 9.9% GDP to 2.3% GDP last year.</p><p> </p><p>The OBR’s November forecasts shows the deficit reducing further, to 1.1% of GDP in 2022-23.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/02/2018 15:54:56 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

849965

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks and Tobacco: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the tax gap was on (a) beer, (b) wine, (c) spirits and (d) tobacco in the financial tax years (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15, (iii) 2015-16 and (iv) 2016-2017; and what steps he is taking to tackle those tax gaps.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	129533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The tax gap for (a) beer, (b) wine, (c) spirits in the financial tax years (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15, (iii) 2015-16 is available in Chapter 3 of ‘Measuring Tax Gaps 2017’ at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/655097/HMRC-measuring-tax-gaps-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/655097/HMRC-measuring-tax-gaps-2017.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates for the alcohol tax gaps for 2016-17 will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The tax gap was for tobacco tax all financial years including 2016-17 is available in ‘Tobacco tax gap estimates 2016-17’, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tobacco-tax-gap-estimates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tobacco-tax-gap-estimates</a>.</p><p> </p><p>There are two strategies in place to tackle these tax gaps: one for alcohol, and one for tobacco.</p><p> </p><p>The HM Revenue and Customs Alcohol Strategy is available at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-alcohol-strategy. This is designed to tackle all forms of fraud throughout the supply chain, working with other enforcement agencies and industry. Measures to tackle alcohol duty fraud include:</p><ul><li>Full implementation of Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme on 1 April 2017. This requires businesses to meet rigorous standards to receive approval from HMRC in order to trade. Where standards are not met approval may be refused or revoked.</li><li>The Joint Alcohol Anti-fraud Taskforce, which brings together the alcohol industry and law enforcement agencies</li><li>Sharing HMRC data with alcohol producers to restrict access by fraudsters to UK-sensitive brands, and the introduction of a ‘due diligence’ condition requiring traders to consider the risk of excise duty evasion in their supply chains.</li></ul><p> </p><p>For tobacco<em>,</em> HMRC’s strategy is detailed in “Tackling illicit tobacco: From leaf to light”, a joint publication with Border Force, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418732/Tackling_illicit_tobacco_-_From_leaf_to_light__2015_.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418732/Tackling_illicit_tobacco_-_From_leaf_to_light__2015_.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This strategy aims to:</p><p>• Create a hostile global environment for tobacco fraud through intelligence sharing and policy change.</p><p>• Tackle the fraud at all points in the supply chain from production to retail.</p><p>• Change perceptions - Raising public awareness of the links between illicit tobacco and organised criminality to reduce tolerance of the fraud in the UK.</p><p>Optimise the use of the sanctions available and, where necessary, develop tougher ones.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/03/2018 17:02:01 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

850020

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Dudley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the transfer of staff employed by HMRC at its Waterfront offices in Dudley to the Department for Work and Pensions.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	129588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of ministerial discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p>HMRC intends to retain the skills, knowledge and experience of everyone who wishes to continue their career with HMRC and if necessary re-skill to take on a new role, new work and/or move to a new office.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 129591 129594 question first answered 01/03/2018 16:59:39 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

850023

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Dudley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what alternatives to redundancy his Department has considered for staff employed by HMRC at its Waterfront offices in Dudley.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	129591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of ministerial discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p>HMRC intends to retain the skills, knowledge and experience of everyone who wishes to continue their career with HMRC and if necessary re-skill to take on a new role, new work and/or move to a new office.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 129588 129594 question first answered 01/03/2018 16:59:39 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

850026

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Dudley
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 will be of making staff employed by HMRC at its Waterfront offices in Dudley redundant.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	129594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of ministerial discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p>HMRC intends to retain the skills, knowledge and experience of everyone who wishes to continue their career with HMRC and if necessary re-skill to take on a new role, new work and/or move to a new office.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 129588 129591 question first answered 01/03/2018 16:59:39 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

850039

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Young People
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 average amount of tax and national insurance paid by people between 16 and 18 years of age.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	129607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>This table contains estimates of the average amount of income tax and national insurance liabilities of individuals who are aged 16, 17 or 18 at the end of the 2014-15 tax year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Average Income Tax and NICs paid by individuals between the ages of 16 and 18<sup>(1)(2)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Income Tax</p></td><td><p>NICs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average</p></td><td><p>£950</p></td><td><p>£156</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li><p>All figures presented are rounded to the nearest whole number.</p></li><li><p>These estimates are based on the 2014-15 Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI).</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/03/2018 16:33:26 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

850040

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department estimates will be collected through inheritance tax in each year from 2017-18 to 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	129608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The latest inheritance tax receipts forecasts for 2017/18 to 2022/23 are published in Table 4.6 of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook publication at:</p><p><a href="http://cdn.obr.uk/Nov2017EFOwebversion-2.pdf" target="_blank">http://cdn.obr.uk/Nov2017EFOwebversion-2.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/03/2018 16:15:19 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

850041

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of lost revenue resulting from changes to inheritance tax thresholds announced in Budget 2015 in the (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20 and (d) 2020-21 fiscal year.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	129609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>At Summer Budget 2015, the government announced the introduction of a ‘residence nil rate band’ for inheritance tax when a home is passed on death to a direct descendent. It will start at £100,000 in 2017-18, increasing in £25,000 increments to £175,000 in 2020-21. This, in addition to the existing nil rate band of £325,000, will increase the inheritance tax free threshold to £500,000 for many individuals, and up to £1 million for many married couples and civil partners by 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p>The latest estimates of the cost to the exchequer of introducing the residence nil rate band from 2017-18 to 2021-22 are published in Table 2.2 of the Spring Budget 2017 official publication at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/597467/spring_budget_2017_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/597467/spring_budget_2017_web.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/03/2018 16:11:51 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

850042

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of how many people and estates will benefit as a result of the changes to inheritance tax thresholds announced in Budget 2015 in the (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20 and (d) 2020-21 fiscal year.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	129610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>At Summer Budget 2015, the government announced the introduction of a ‘residence nil rate band’ for inheritance tax when a home is passed on death to a direct descendent. It will start at £100,000 in 2017-18, increasing in £25,000 increments to £175,000 in 2020-21. This, in addition to the existing nil rate band of £325,000, will increase the inheritance tax free threshold to £500,000 for many individuals, and up to £1 million for many married couples and civil partners by 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated number of estates that will benefit as a result of the residence nil rate band are in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2017/ 18</p></td><td><p>2018/ 19</p></td><td><p>2019/ 20</p></td><td><p>2020/ 21</p></td><td><p>2021/ 22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estimated number of estates benefitting from the residence nil-rate band phased in from 2017 (000s)</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/03/2018 16:14:29 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

850053

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	NHS Trusts: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the (a) tax affairs of NHS trusts and (b) operation of such trusts' subsidary companies.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	129621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <ul><li><p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of ministerial discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p> </p></li></ul><ul><li><p>The Department for Health and Social Care wrote to the finance directors of all NHS Providers last year to remind them of their responsibilities around tax. The government is clear that tax avoidance arrangements must not be entered into under any circumstances.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>NHS organisations can decide locally what structures are most appropriate to deliver services to patients, including setting up subsidiary companies. Under any arrangements, Trusts must operate within existing VAT legislation and offer NHS pay, terms and conditions of service to staff that are transferred to these companies.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/03/2018 16:36:05 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew