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942677

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electronic Publishing: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to reduce VAT on digital editions of magazines, books and newspapers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	164430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>Under EU law, a standard rate of VAT must be applied to e-publications. Although Member States are discussing a legislative proposal to allow the same VAT rate to apply to e-publications as apply to physical publications, this is yet to be agreed.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 19/07/2018 15:49:28 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

909047

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investigations HMRC is undertaking into corporate bodies, in relation to offences under (a) section 327-329 and (b) section 330 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	146243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>HMRC cannot comment on ongoing criminal investigations into individuals or businesses.</p><p> </p><p>However, HMRC is committed to tackling money laundering, including the abuse of corporate entities, and investigates companies where money laundering can be attributed to individuals who are directing minds of the company.</p><p>HMRC also investigates individuals who are officers of companies but are prosecuted for their personal behaviours rather than that of the company. HMRC’s records do not categorise whether investigations and subsequent convictions are in respect of the individual working as an officer for the company or in relation to their personal activity.</p><p>In the last three years, HMRC has achieved 101 convictions for POCA money laundering and Money Laundering Regulation offences.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC received investment at Autumn Budget 2017 to increase its capability and target the facilitators of tax crime and money laundering, including enforcing provisions in the Criminal Finances Act 2017, which will deliver an additional £700m by 2023.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has a strong track record of tackling those who have evaded their responsibilities or those who have facilitated tax evasion and is successful in over 90% of prosecutions.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 24/05/2018 15:53:14 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

909048

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions HMRC have initiated as a result of breaches of the (a) Proceeds of Crime Act 2017 and (b) Money Laundering Regulations 2007 and 2017 by Trust and Company Service providers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	146244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>In 2017/18 HMRC secured 46 Positive Charging Decisions against individuals for POCA money laundering or regulatory offences from the relevant prosecution authorities. Of these 46, three were individuals associated with Trust and Company Service Providers, seven were individuals associated with other regulated business and the remaining 36 were individuals where the money laundering was part of wider criminality.</p><p> </p><p>This reflects HMRC’s multi-faceted role in identifying and tackling money laundering, including abuses of businesses it supervises under the Money Laundering Regulations.</p><p> </p><p>Prosecution is but one option available to HMRC, and as part of its wider remit, also focuses on supervisory interventions to ensure businesses are complying with their obligations.</p><p> </p><p>The actions HMRC takes to discharge those supervisory responsibilities and it wider role in tackling financial crime, are described in a recent publication ‘Report on Tackling Financial Crime in the Supervised Sectors 2015-2017’</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/704163/Report_on_Tackling_Financial_Crime_in_the_supervised_sectors_2015_to_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/704163/Report_on_Tackling_Financial_Crime_in_the_supervised_sectors_2015_to_2017.pdf</a></p><p>HMRC has a strong track record of tackling those who have evaded their responsibilities or those who have facilitated tax evasion and is successful in over 90% of prosecutions.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 24/05/2018 15:54:58 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

856975

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) male and (b) female apprentices were paid less than the minimum wage in (i) the North East and (ii) the UK in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	131487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum and Living Wage (NMW) receives it. Anyone who feels they have been underpaid NMW should contact the Acas helpline on 0300 123 1100. HMRC (HM Revenue &amp; Customs) review all complaints that are referred to them.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016-17 HMRC closed 78 NMW investigations where NMW arrears were identified and that were recorded in relation to apprentices. The 75 male and 158 female workers affected would have been a mix of apprentices and regular workers. HMRC are unable to provide a separate breakdown on how many of these workers were apprentices, or to provide in year enforcement data for 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not record statistics on complaints or investigations by reference to countries of the United Kingdom, Government regions, constituencies or counties.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 131489 question first answered 12/03/2018 15:40:30 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

856977

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies in (a) the North East and (b) the UK are paying less than the minimum wage for apprenticeship programmes.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	131489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum and Living Wage (NMW) receives it. Anyone who feels they have been underpaid NMW should contact the Acas helpline on 0300 123 1100. HMRC (HM Revenue &amp; Customs) review all complaints that are referred to them.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016-17 HMRC closed 78 NMW investigations where NMW arrears were identified and that were recorded in relation to apprentices. The 75 male and 158 female workers affected would have been a mix of apprentices and regular workers. HMRC are unable to provide a separate breakdown on how many of these workers were apprentices, or to provide in year enforcement data for 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not record statistics on complaints or investigations by reference to countries of the United Kingdom, Government regions, constituencies or counties.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 131487 question first answered 12/03/2018 15:40:30 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

852678

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Reserve Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending Stamp Duty Reserve Tax to transactions in a broader range of financial assets, such as corporate bonds and derivatives, based on the residency principle whereby liability is incurred if the ultimate buyer is a UK taxpayer.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	130674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>Stamp taxes on shares raise over £3.7bn a year in revenue to help fund public services. This is achieved through a targeted design that minimises the impact on the ability of businesses to access capital in order to grow and invest.</p><p>The government continues to keep all taxes under review.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/03/2018 17:45:49 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

851604

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer on 8 January 2018 to Question 120804, what recent assessment he has made of the annual cost to the Exchequer of providing intermediary relief to those claiming it under existing Stamp Duty Reserve Tax rules.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	130367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Intermediary relief was introduced in 1997 to safeguard liquidity and ensure market making in the London equity market is not subject to unsustainably high effective tax rates.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC cannot provide an estimate of the annual cost to the Exchequer of providing intermediary relief to those claiming it under existing Stamp Duty Reserve Tax rules. Although information on the usage of this relief is reported to HMRC, the relevant data is not held in a centralised form, and the cost of compiling it for statistical purposes is disproportionate. More information on reliefs where costs are unavailable can be found in the “Tax Reliefs in Force in 2016-17 or 2017-18: Estimates of cost unavailable” publication below: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/675231/Dec_17_allow_rels_estimates_unavailable_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/675231/Dec_17_allow_rels_estimates_unavailable_Final.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Like with other areas of the tax system, the Government continually monitors intermediary relief to ensure that it is appropriately targeted and effective in delivering it’s policy objective.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/03/2018 16:25:42 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

810338

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax
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 level of abuse of the market-making exemption in relation to stamp duty.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	120804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>All aspects of Stamp Duty Reserve Tax are monitored by HMRC and action is taken where necessary to prevent or counter non-compliance.</p><p> </p><p>Intermediary relief was introduced in 1997 to safeguard liquidity and market making in the London equity market. Without the relief, market activity would fall and the chains of transactions between an ultimate seller and buyer would be subject to unsustainably high effective tax rates.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 08/01/2018 16:45:25 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

732695

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty: Scotland
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 effect on England's regional airports of devolving air passenger duty to the Scottish Government.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	1235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The Scottish Government are yet to announce rates for their new Air Departure Tax (ADT). The UK government will closely monitor any effects of rate changes in Scotland on UK airports, and as announced at Autumn Statement 2016, the government has committed to reviewing ways of supporting English airports from any effects of Air Passenger Duty devolution once the UK has withdrawn from the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 911 question first answered 28/06/2017 13:41:55 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell