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760629

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees received national insurance relief for employment allowance in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	105169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Employment Allowance provides eligible employers with a reduction of up to £3,000 a year on their employer’s National Insurance contributions (NICs). This is a relief on employer’s rather than employee NICs; the allowance does not give employees national insurance relief.</p><p> </p><p>Details on the employers that benefit from the Employment Allowance can be found in HMRC’s Employment Allowance take-up publication, found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-allowance-take-up-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employment-allowance-take-up-statistics</a>. In particular, table 6 provides a summary of Employment Allowance take-up by employer size.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/10/2017 13:06:35 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

760631

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Overseas Visitors: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much VAT has been refunded to visitors to the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	105217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not hold information on VAT to this level of detail. The Retail Export scheme is operated and administered by the participating retailers. Retailers do not separately identify retail exports on their VAT returns so HMRC does not hold any record of the actual VAT refunds made.</p><p> </p><p>In a 2013 consultation document VAT: Retail Export Scheme, HMRC estimated that, in the UK, more than £300 million of VAT is refunded under the VAT Retail Export Scheme each year. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/209487/20130627_Consultation_document_1_0_complete.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/209487/20130627_Consultation_document_1_0_complete.pdf</a> (Paragraph 2.4)</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/10/2017 15:29:25 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

760633

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Patents: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and to who the annual tax reliefs have been granted under the Patent-Box scheme.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	105219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The latest National Statistics on usage of the Patent Box were published on 14 September and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643860/Patent_Box_Statistics_2014-15.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643860/Patent_Box_Statistics_2014-15.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/10/2017 15:31:52 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

760641

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Landlords: Self-assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of landlords in each local authority area who are registered for self-assessment with HM Revenue and Customs.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	105116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The table attached presents the number of individuals who declared income from property on their Self-Assessment tax returns for the 2015-16 tax year, the latest year for which data is available, excluding those who declared income from furnished holiday lettings.</p><p> </p><p>Note that (i) these figures are based on tax return data, and not Self-Assessment registrations; and (ii) the locations given in the Table relate to the residences of the individuals with property income, and not the locations of properties from which they declared income.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not hold information about the total number of landlords and so it is not possible to provide a proportion of the numbers in Self-Assessment against that total.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/10/2017 15:10:07 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride attachment 1 file name The Number of Self.docx title Self-Assessment tax return numbers 2015-16
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

760812

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Leeds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 6755, on HM Revenue and Customs: Yorkshire and the Humber, what estimate he has made of the annual property costs of the new regional hub recently announced for Leeds.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	105357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Details about the annual property costs of the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) new regional centre in Leeds is commercially sensitive information; disclosing it could compromise the negotiations currently in progress on other regional centres and government hubs.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/10/2017 15:03:00 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

760813

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Stagecoach Group: Tax Avoidance
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 case of Stagecoach Group PLC and Stagecoach Holdings Limited and the Commissioners for Her Majesty; and how much of that cost has been recovered.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	105354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>A number of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers across various compliance, legal, technical and policy teams can be involved in a case at any given time. HMRC officers may work on multiple cases, involving several different behaviours and risks at any one time. Therefore it is not possible to calculate the entire cost to HMRC of this particular investigation.</p><p> </p><p>As this case was not in the costs regime, HMRC did not apply for its costs.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/10/2017 15:11:29 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

760816

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Greene King: Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the cost of litigation in the case of Greene King Plc & Anor v HM Revenue and Customs; and how much of this has been recovered from Ernst & Young.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	105287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The cost of the litigation will not be known until the parties have agreed on the amounts to be paid under a costs order made by the Court of Appeal. If the parties cannot agree, the Court will assess the amounts. The costs order does not apply to Ernst &amp; Young which was not a party to the litigation.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/10/2017 15:21:49 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

760819

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Hospitals: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many private hospitals are registered as charities; and if he will make an estimate of the savings in tax payable to those hospitals as a result of being that status.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	105320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of private hospitals registered as charities is not available. Charities and tax relief data held by HM Revenue and Customs cannot be broken down into such sector specific detail.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/10/2017 15:01:57 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

760820

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Customs Declaration Services Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on the introduction of the new Customs Declaration Service; when he plans for that service to be fully functional; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	105319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The delivery of the new Customs Declaration Service is on target, and HM Revenue and Customs expects to meet its planned delivery date in January 2019. The progress of the programme is subject to rigorous and ongoing internal scrutiny.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/10/2017 14:59:54 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

760050

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many UK nationals have (a) been prosecuted and (b) received a prison sentence for offences related to the Panama Papers data leak.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	10475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Since the last update to Parliament in November 2016, HMRC has tripled the number of criminal and civil investigations linked to the Panama papers.</p><p>To date, the work of the Panama Papers Taskforce has led to civil and criminal investigations into 66 individuals for suspected tax evasion, including high net worth individuals. As part of this HMRC has made four arrests; and carried out six interviews under caution.</p><p>Taskforce partners have made three arrests in relation to an organised crime group suspected of a £125m conspiracy to defraud pension investors, tax evasion and associated money laundering. They have also identified leads relevant to a major insider trading operation, in relation to which a number of individuals have been arrested and are on bail pending further activity.</p><p>UK law enforcement continues to interrogate and exploit Panama Papers related data, identifying previously unknown individuals, companies and properties, making links between them and providing intelligence and investigative opportunities.</p><p>The systems used to launder money and evade tax through offshore structures are complex and highly sophisticated. The Joint Financial Analysis Centre and HMRC’s expert analysts are using leading-edge technology to unpick these structures and trace them back to individuals. This work is painstaking and forensic and there are no easy shortcuts.</p><p>HMRC is not a prosecuting authority. Its focus is on building the strongest possible cases in order to secure convictions, and it expects to refer cases to the prosecuting authorities from autumn 2017 onwards.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/10/2017 15:05:18 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge