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348290

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Royal Family: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons (a) certain members of the Royal Family and (b) corporations owned by those members are not subject to income or corporation tax as a matter of law.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The 2013 Memorandum of Understanding on Royal Taxation gives full details and is available on GOV.UK:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/memorandum-of-understanding-on-royal-taxation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/memorandum-of-understanding-on-royal-taxation</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/06/2015 15:07:22 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

348407

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2015 to Question 4, what the reason was for the size of the reduction in the percentage of calls handled by HM Revenue and Customs contact centres within five minutes in the first two quarters of 2015.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) handles 50 million calls a year from customers. The department is working hard to improve its performance. The percentage of calls handled will fluctuate annually and quarterly and is directly affected by customer demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC has taken a number of steps including the introduction of a new telephony platform that will improve performance in the longer term. HMRC has recruited more than 2,000 staff to its customer service teams and is expanding the resource available at evenings and weekends when many customers choose to call. They have also launched an online service for Tax Credit customers that will enable them to renew their claims without calling at all and, as in previous years, are moving up to 1,500 extra staff from across the department to support the Tax Credits peak in demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 976 question first answered 08/06/2015 15:12:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

348409

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2015 to Question 4, what steps he is taking to increase the proportion of calls handled by HM Revenue and Customs' Contact Centre within five minutes.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) handles 50 million calls a year from customers. The department is working hard to improve its performance. The percentage of calls handled will fluctuate annually and quarterly and is directly affected by customer demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC has taken a number of steps including the introduction of a new telephony platform that will improve performance in the longer term. HMRC has recruited more than 2,000 staff to its customer service teams and is expanding the resource available at evenings and weekends when many customers choose to call. They have also launched an online service for Tax Credit customers that will enable them to renew their claims without calling at all and, as in previous years, are moving up to 1,500 extra staff from across the department to support the Tax Credits peak in demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 984 question first answered 08/06/2015 15:12:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

347961

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the time taken by HM Revenue and Customs to answer telephone calls from members of the public; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>I refer my Honourable friend to the answers I gave 1 June 2015, UINs 4 and 13.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/06/2015 14:42:45 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

347658

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 23 March 2015 to Question 228104, what his Department's current plans are for reorganisation of HM Revenue and Customs in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are continuing to discuss with their staff the locations of the future Regional Centres. They have however, told them how in-principle decisions will be made.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For Wales, HMRC has told staff that it believes that Cardiff is the most suitable location for a future Regional Centre in Wales, since it is already the biggest HMRC location in the country. However, no decisions have yet been made on the precise location or timing of a new HMRC Regional Centre in Cardiff or the nature and timing of impacts on other HMRC locations in Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In October 2014, HMRC shared the main elements of the Building our Future vision with MPs and Assembly Members and HMRC has committed to keeping MPs and Assembly Members informed of the outcomes of these conversations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All HMRC staff members are invited to participate in Building our Future events and staff choose which event and location they attend. Over 85% of Wrexham staff attended the last set of events.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 650 651 652 question first answered 08/06/2015 14:41:49 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

347659

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 23 March 2015 to Question 228104, what progress his Department has made on the consultation process Building our Future, on HM Revenue and Customs reorganisation.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are continuing to discuss with their staff the locations of the future Regional Centres. They have however, told them how in-principle decisions will be made.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For Wales, HMRC has told staff that it believes that Cardiff is the most suitable location for a future Regional Centre in Wales, since it is already the biggest HMRC location in the country. However, no decisions have yet been made on the precise location or timing of a new HMRC Regional Centre in Cardiff or the nature and timing of impacts on other HMRC locations in Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In October 2014, HMRC shared the main elements of the Building our Future vision with MPs and Assembly Members and HMRC has committed to keeping MPs and Assembly Members informed of the outcomes of these conversations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All HMRC staff members are invited to participate in Building our Future events and staff choose which event and location they attend. Over 85% of Wrexham staff attended the last set of events.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 631 651 652 question first answered 08/06/2015 14:41:49 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

347660

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 23 March 2015 to Question 228104, what the outcomes have been of the conversations his Department has had with hon. Members and Welsh Assembly Members on HM Revenue and Customs reorganisation since October 2014.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are continuing to discuss with their staff the locations of the future Regional Centres. They have however, told them how in-principle decisions will be made.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For Wales, HMRC has told staff that it believes that Cardiff is the most suitable location for a future Regional Centre in Wales, since it is already the biggest HMRC location in the country. However, no decisions have yet been made on the precise location or timing of a new HMRC Regional Centre in Cardiff or the nature and timing of impacts on other HMRC locations in Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In October 2014, HMRC shared the main elements of the Building our Future vision with MPs and Assembly Members and HMRC has committed to keeping MPs and Assembly Members informed of the outcomes of these conversations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All HMRC staff members are invited to participate in Building our Future events and staff choose which event and location they attend. Over 85% of Wrexham staff attended the last set of events.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 631 650 652 question first answered 08/06/2015 14:41:49 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

347661

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Wrexham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 23 March 2015 to Question 228104, on which occasions he or other representatives of his Department met staff from the Wrexham HM Revenue and Customs office to discuss the future of that office; and what the outcomes were of those meetings.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are continuing to discuss with their staff the locations of the future Regional Centres. They have however, told them how in-principle decisions will be made.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For Wales, HMRC has told staff that it believes that Cardiff is the most suitable location for a future Regional Centre in Wales, since it is already the biggest HMRC location in the country. However, no decisions have yet been made on the precise location or timing of a new HMRC Regional Centre in Cardiff or the nature and timing of impacts on other HMRC locations in Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In October 2014, HMRC shared the main elements of the Building our Future vision with MPs and Assembly Members and HMRC has committed to keeping MPs and Assembly Members informed of the outcomes of these conversations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All HMRC staff members are invited to participate in Building our Future events and staff choose which event and location they attend. Over 85% of Wrexham staff attended the last set of events.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 631 650 651 question first answered 08/06/2015 14:41:49 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

347671

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will commission an independent audit of the economic costs and benefits of UK membership of the EU.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has a clear mandate to improve Britain’s relationship with the rest of the EU, and to reform the EU so that it creates jobs and increases living standards for all its citizens. The Government will hold an in/out referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU by the end of 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/06/2015 15:02:06 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

347692

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration HM Revenue and Customs gave to the reputational risk of contracting to companies which are alleged to use aggressive debt collection techniques when it decided to outsource the collection of working tax credit overpayments to external debt collection agencies.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) takes great care to ensure that all debt pursuit is carried out appropriately and has worked closely with debt collection agencies on this for the last six years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC has developed a robust and in-depth programme of monitoring and assurance to safeguard standards of behaviour. This includes allowing debts to be paid by instalments and adherence to HMRC’s customer charter and industry best practice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/06/2015 15:03:56 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff