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389465

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Rent a Room Scheme
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 level of change in applications for rent-a-room tax relief as a result of changes introduced in the Summer Budget 2015.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	6859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Individuals do not need to separately notify HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) that they are claiming Rent-a-Room relief if their gross rental income is less than the Rent-a-Room threshold.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For this reason, it is not possible to estimate the number of additional individuals who will submit a claim for the relief.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/07/2015 14:11:21 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

389468

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Rent a Room Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) households and (b) individuals have (i) applied for and (ii) received rent-a-room relief in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	6858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide a complete account of the number of individuals claiming rent a room relief. Not all individuals who claim the relief have to report this to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) – those with gross rental income below the threshold of £4,250, and those who fill in the short Self Assessment return do not have to explicitly claim the relief.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of individuals who indicated they were claiming some amount of relief is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Total number of individuals filling out the SA105 property pages of the main SA100 Self Assessment return indicating that they were claiming the relief</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>44,000</p></td><td><p>45,000</p></td><td><p>47,000</p></td><td><p>50,000</p></td><td><p>52,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide this data on a household level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/07/2015 14:16:01 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

389471

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Corporation Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Summer Budget 2015, what estimate of the level of profits to be generated by UK banks was used to estimate the reserves to be derived from the corporation tax surcharge on banks.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	6886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The forecasted revenue from the corporation tax surcharge is based on assumptions about the future profitability of banking groups and the location of profit within these groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These assumptions have been certified by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility and are consistent with their forecast of financial sector corporation tax receipts which can be found here: <a href="http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.independent.gov.uk/July-2015-EFO-234224.pdf" target="_blank">http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.independent.gov.uk/July-2015-EFO-234224.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 20/07/2015 15:36:49 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

389474

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	HSBC: Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2015 to Question 261, what progress has been made on the inquiry into tax avoidance facilitated by HSBC.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	6781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is working closely with other law enforcement agencies on re-examining the data to establish any new risks. The results of this re-examination will require assessment and evaluation to determine the need for criminal or civil investigations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This work is being carried out as expeditiously as possible. I cannot provide any further detail to avoid prejudicing any future operational activity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 20/07/2015 15:39:01 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

389477

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support people who (a) do not have access to a computer or the internet or (b) are not computer and internet literate to access HM Revenue and Customs' services.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	6872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) recognise that their customers' needs are varied and that some of their customers will have difficulty or would prefer not to manage their tax affairs online. It won’t be compulsory for people to interact with them digitally and they will continue to provide help and support to ensure that they can access HMRC services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC are running a digital inclusion project to design and implement their future support models for digitally excluded customers. They are about to trial an initiative using a third party to help support people without access to digital or the skills and confidence to use it.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC are also actively developing our role in the Digital Friends initiative, promoting and encouraging staff to find someone they know who needs help to go online, and give them basic advice and support on skills.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Additionally, and in line with the Government Digital Service (GDS) service standard, every new or redesigned HMRC digital service must first undertake detailed research with digitally excluded customers, including those who do not have access to a computer or are not computer literate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Service designers must use this insight to provide service specific support for digitally excluded customers, both before and at the point of contact. The focus is on helping customers to use digital, but must also provide appropriate alternative ways for customers to transact with HMRC where research shows there may be a need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC is also designing and rolling out specific training to contact handling advisers on how to recognise digitally excluded customers, and quickly identify and offer appropriate solutions that will meet their needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 20/07/2015 15:45:21 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

389041

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how HM Revenue and Customs plans to spend the additional funding allocated to it in the Summer Budget 2015 to tackle tax avoidance.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	6496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Summer Budget announced significant additional investment in HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC’s) work on non‑compliance covering a range of areas, including avoidance and evasion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of this, the government will invest £800m over the Parliament and legislate for new powers to strengthen HMRC’s ability to tackle organised crime and make sure that large businesses, small and medium sized enterprises, trusts and wealthy individuals pay the tax that’s due.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Together, the investment and measures are forecast to raise £7.2bn over the Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As well as announcing additional resource for specific measures, the government also committed to provide HMRC with the funding it needs to maintain its current level of compliance performance, whilst making efficiencies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 20/07/2015 15:40:55 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

389042

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he had with the Living Wage Foundation on the National Living Wage before the 2015 summer budget.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	6526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of meetings with external organisations, are published on a quarterly basis and can be accessed on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 16/07/2015 16:10:33 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

389046

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
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 likely savings to the public purse in each of the next five years as a result of changed to tax credits as announced in the Summer Budget 2015; and if he will estimate what those savings would be if those changes were applied only to new tax credit claimants.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	6516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The estimated savings from the changes to tax credits announced at the Summer Budget can be found in Table 2.1 of the main document.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The removal of the family element of tax credits will apply to new tax credit claims from April-17. The limiting of the child element to two children will apply to new births from April-17. We do not hold an estimate of the savings generated if the changes to tax credits announced at the Summer Budget applied only to new claimants.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 15/07/2015 16:32:30 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

389089

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to introduce an online calculator or helpline for people in receipt of tax credits to calculate how their entitlement will change under the new system announced in the Summer Budget 2015.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	6497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) provide an online tax credits calculator that people can use to assess their own eligibility. This will be updated when the new rates take effect. The calculator can be found at:</p><p> </p><p>http://taxcredits.hmrc.gov.uk/Qualify/DIQHousehold.aspx</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>GOV.UK provides the public with comprehensive guidance about tax credits:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-credits-leaflets-forms-and-manuals</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 15/07/2015 16:33:28 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

388865

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Ogmore
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families with more than two children in Ogmore constituency claim (a) child tax credits and (b) universal credit; if he will estimate the number of such families who will no longer be eligible to receive benefits for a child by the end of 2017; and if he will estimate the average amount by which the benefits received by such families will be reduced.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Huw Irranca-Davies
uin	6362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>This information is not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information about the number of benefitting families and average entitlement in the Ogmore constituency in the tax year 2013-14 can be found in the publication ‘Personal tax credits: Finalised award statistics – geographical statistics 2013-2014’ here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is making changes to Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit which will help put welfare spending on a more sustainable path. The Government wants to move from a low wage, high tax, high welfare society to a higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare society. That means more emphasis on support to hardworking families on low incomes by reducing income tax through increases in the personal allowance and increasing wages, than on topping up low wages through tax credits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From April 2017, the child element of Child Tax Credit will be limited to two children. This means that families who have a third or subsequent child after April 2017 will not receive additional support for this child. Support provided to families who make a new claim to Universal Credit after this date will also be limited to two children. Equivalent changes will be made in housing benefit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 16/07/2015 16:09:10 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1476 label Biography information for Huw Irranca-Davies