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479044

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Annual Reports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require large companies to publish a country-by-country report in their annual financial report.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	31412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2016 answer text <p>The UK supports efforts to improve tax transparency. We initiated the international work on country-by-country (CbC) reporting to tax authorities during our G8 Presidency in 2013, calling on the OECD to develop a template for this as part of the BEPS project.</p><p> </p><p>The UK was the first to commit to implementing the OECD model with legislation in Finance Act 2015. We signed the OECD agreement to share the CbC reports with other tax authorities in January 2016 and issued our final CbC reporting regulations on 26 February 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that there is scope for greater transparency by pressing the case for public CbC reporting on a multilateral basis. As the Chancellor has said, this is something that the UK will seek to promote internationally.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 29/03/2016 10:35:16 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

479060

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Licensed Premises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support the licensed hospitality sector to mitigate the effects of (a) wage rate inflation and (b) reduced demand for drink and food-led outlets.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	31361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting pubs and other licensed hospitality firms. The sector will benefit from the changes announced at Budget 2016. These include cutting business rates for all properties in England with Barnett consequentials for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to introduce equivalent measures if they so wish.</p><p> </p><p>Reforms to stamp duty land tax on non-residential property transactions will cut the tax for many small businesses purchasing property. Budget 2016 also announced the corporation tax rate will be cut to 17% in 2020 and that the duty rates on beer, spirits and most ciders will be frozen this year.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 29/03/2016 10:32:35 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

479062

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Self-employed: Cardiff South and Penarth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were registered with HM Revenue and Customs as self-employed (a) wholly and (b) partly for the purposes of tax and national insurance in Cardiff South and Penarth constituency in each of the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	31274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The latest available data for the numbers of individual taxpayers with self-employment income, by constituency level, is for 2012-13. There were estimated to be 4,000 individuals with self-employment income in Cardiff South and Penarth out of 48,000 with income from any source.</p><p> </p><p>These estimates are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes and are taken from table 3.15 of the HM Revenue and Customs Personal Income statistics publication. The estimate for 2013-14 is due to be published on the 31st March 2016.</p><p> </p><p>No information on the purpose for individuals registering for Self Assessment is collected.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/03/2016 17:08:58 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

479071

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Sugar: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 33 of the Budget 2016, whether flavoured milks will be exempt from the sugar levy.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	31452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>Milk-based drinks, including flavoured milks, are not in scope of the levy. Milk contains calcium and other nutrients which are vital to children’s health.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 22/03/2016 14:08:16 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

479072

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will appoint an independent commission to investigate the role of PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, Ernst & Young and Deloitte in designing, selling and implementing tax avoidance schemes.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	31415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to countering tax avoidance to ensure all taxpayers pay their fair share. At Budget 2016, the Chancellor announced a comprehensive package of measures to tackle tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning, and tax evasion by individuals and businesses. Overall, this will raise £12 billion by 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p>We keep our policy on countering tax avoidance under continuous review to respond to emerging risks.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 29/03/2016 10:40:54 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

479075

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to provide that whistleblowers whose evidence leads to a successful prosecution of tax evasion or avoidance receive a portion of the tax penalties levied on the guilty party.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	31416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs encourages people to come forward with information in a number of ways, and is already able to offer financial rewards to those who provide us with significant information relating to tax evasion or avoidance. The best way to do so is kept under review.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 29/03/2016 10:36:20 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

479077

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.215 of the Budget 2016, whether he plans to make additional resources available to HM Revenue and Customs to implement the comprehensive package of measures to tackle tax avoidance and evasion.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	31399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government will ensure that HM Revenue and Customs has the resources it requires to implement the package of measures announced at Budget 2016 to tackle avoidance and evasion.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/03/2016 17:12:43 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

479085

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	EU Budget: Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in VAT-based contributions the UK paid to the EU in each of the last 10 years; and if he will estimate the amount of such contributions in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	31474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2016 answer text <p>The European Commission’s annual Financial Report provides calendar year historical contributions figures.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 29/03/2016 10:30:47 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

479088

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Patents: Corporation Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies have applied for the lower rate of corporation tax under Patent Box.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	31420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2016 answer text <p>Due to companies being able to make a Patent Box election up to two years after the relevant accounting period, we will not be able to get full figures for the first year of the Patent Box until April 2016. The following figures are therefore projections.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated amounts of Patent Box relief can be found at the link below;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/487119/Dec15_expenditure_reliefs_Final.xlsx.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/487119/Dec15_expenditure_reliefs_Final.xlsx.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>About 480 companies made Patent Box relief elections for the first year 2013-14 alone.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 29/03/2016 10:37:40 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

479091

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was involved in the process to select which charities would receive funding from the Tampon Tax Fund.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	31498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>‘Showcase’ bids were identified, with the help of departmental expertise, that were innovative, in line with the aims of government policy, and likely to provide strong value for money. The bids selected represent a range of different initiatives to benefit women across the whole of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, in recognition of the very high level of interest received, the government has also allocated funding to the Women’s Fund for Scotland, Comic Relief and Rosa who have specialist experience in this area, to disburse funding to a range of grassroots women’s organisations. These funds mean further awards will be made to a high number of charities in this sector.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 23/03/2016 13:44:13 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss