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1718756

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) promoters and (b) operators of schemes subject to the loan charge have been prosecuted.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	26769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Putney to the answer given on 8 February 2024 to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-01-31/12466" target="_blank">12466</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/05/2024 13:55:29 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1718757

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who will need to sell their home to pay the loan charge.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	26770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>HMRC will not force anyone to sell their main home or access their pension funds early to pay their Loan Charge or disguised remuneration debts.</p><p>Anyone who is concerned about their ability to pay what they owe should contact HMRC as soon as possible. HMRC can agree an affordable and sustainable instalment plan based on taxpayers’ specific circumstances and for as long as they need. HMRC can also refer taxpayers for free debt advice that is independent from HMRC.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/05/2024 13:58:50 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1718761

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Low Incomes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to help support people on lower incomes.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	26773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The government has supported people on lower incomes by increasing working age benefits by 6.7%; raising Local Housing Allowance to the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile of market rents with an average gain of £800, extending the Household Support Fund and increasing the National Living Wage by 9.8%.</p><p> </p><p>The government has also maintained the triple lock, frozen fuel duty, removed Debt Relief Order fees and doubled the Budgeting Advance Loan repayment period.</p><p> </p><p>Over 2022-23 and 2023-24, the government has provided support to help households with the cost of living totalling over £90 billion.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 23/05/2024 16:10:45 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1718779

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions and Personal Income: Wellingborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data his Department holds on the number of people in Wellingborough constituency who (a) paid national insurance contributions and (b) earned below £25,000 per year in financial year 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	26814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The information for the tax year 2022 to 2023 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>Table 3.15 of HMRC’s Personal Incomes Statistics contains the latest constituency-level income estimates for the tax year 2021 to 2022.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-and-tax-by-parliamentary-constituency-2010-to-2011" target="_blank">Income and tax by Parliamentary Constituency</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/05/2024 14:02:47 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1718784

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Low Incomes: Wellingborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help support people on lower incomes in Wellingborough constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	26818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Over the previous two years, this government has provided support to help households with the cost of living totalling over £90 billion.</p><p> </p><p>For the coming year, the government has increased working age benefits by 6.7%; maintained the triple lock; raised Local Housing Allowance rates with an average gain of £800, extended the Household Support Fund and increased the National Living Wage by 9.8%. Further actions taken by the government in 2024-25 include: a rise in the National Living Wage (NLW) by 9.8% - ending low hourly pay for workers on the NLW, raising Local Housing Allowance to the 30th percentile of market rents, uprating working-age benefits by 6.7%, freezing fuel duty, removing Debt Relief Order fees, and doubling the Budgeting Advance Loan repayment period.</p><p> </p><p>In rural parts of constituencies like Wellingborough, the government is also providing support through the £110m Rural England Prosperity Fund. This is being invested in projects which boost productivity and create rural job opportunities. This includes farm businesses looking to diversify by opening a farm shop, a wedding venue or tourism facilities or improvements to village halls, pubs and other rural hubs for community uses.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 23/05/2024 16:07:52 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1718789

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Debts and Insolvency: Wellingborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increases in the cost of living on trends in the number of (a) businesses at risk of insolvency and (b) people in debt in Wellingborough constituency; and what fiscal steps he is taking to support these (i) businesses and (ii) people.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	26821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Over the previous two years, the government has provided support to help households with the cost of living totalling over £90 billion.</p><p> </p><p>To help those on the lowest incomes with debt, at Spring Budget 2024 the government also removed Debt Relief Order fees and doubled the Budgeting Advance Loan repayment period.</p><p> </p><p>The government continues to pursue an ambitious policy agenda to increase growth and productivity across the economy. This includes cuts to National Insurance, a business rates package worth £4.3bn over five years supporting small businesses and the high street, and wider measures supporting SMEs such as actions to encourage prompt payments. The government continues to go further in supporting small businesses, and at Spring Budget announced the raising of the VAT registration threshold to £90,000.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 23/05/2024 16:09:18 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1718797

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many incidents of tax fraud involving (a) the VAT484 form and (b) other paper forms HMRC has recorded in each of last five financial years; and what the (i) total and (ii) average value of those incidents is.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	26780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>HMRC regularly encounters attempts to fraudulently attack its systems and does not routinely keep records of the value of individual instances unless a pattern emerges.</p><p> </p><p>Towards the end of February, HMRC identified a small number of cases which constituted more than isolated incidents. In these cases, paper VAT 484 forms had been wrongly used in an attempt to fraudulently gain access to VAT repayments. Immediate steps have been taken to prevent this from happening, and the situation is being monitored to see if further action is necessary.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 26781 question first answered 21/05/2024 13:39:24 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1718800

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date (a) he and (b) HMRC first became aware of fraud involving the VAT484 form; and what steps he is taking to tackle such fraud.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	26781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>HMRC regularly encounters attempts to fraudulently attack its systems and does not routinely keep records of the value of individual instances unless a pattern emerges.</p><p> </p><p>Towards the end of February, HMRC identified a small number of cases which constituted more than isolated incidents. In these cases, paper VAT 484 forms had been wrongly used in an attempt to fraudulently gain access to VAT repayments. Immediate steps have been taken to prevent this from happening, and the situation is being monitored to see if further action is necessary.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 26780 question first answered 21/05/2024 13:39:24 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1718424

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Overseas Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken by his Department to process an A1 form was in each of the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	26395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>HMRC has taken steps to address the backlog of A1 certificate applications, have achieved their recovery strategy ahead of time and they are now achieving service levels</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 20/05/2024 14:17:01 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1718444

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that individuals living overseas are paying tax debts.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	26584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>HMRC recognises the importance of ensuring taxpayers living overseas pay their tax debts like those living in the UK and has a dedicated team that manages the recovery of these debts. HMRC initially pursue overseas debts in the same way as UK debts where they will make attempts to contact the taxpayer through letters and phone calls.</p><p> </p><p>Where a taxpayer does not respond, HMRC have a number of Assistance in Collection agreements in place with various countries. These agreements are reciprocal and allow tax authorities to recover debts on each other’s behalf. That country will use the same recovery processes and powers they do to pursue their own debts.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 26585 question first answered 20/05/2024 15:38:39 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan