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456514

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date	01/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on reducing Air Passenger Duty.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	29288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>In the absence of any taxation of international aviation fuel and no VAT on international or domestic flights, Air Passenger Duty (APD) ensures that the aviation sector plays its part in contributing towards general taxation and helping to bring down the deficit. In 2014-15, APD raised £3.2bn, an important part of the Government’s tax revenues.</p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless, the Government has recently made reforms to APD to cut the longest haul rates and exempt children, reducing the tax burden by £1.5 billion over the period 2015-2020.</p><p> </p><p>Like all taxes, APD is kept under review with any changes announced at fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/03/2016 11:51:16 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

456530

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to respond to the consultation exercise of the Gift aid small donations scheme: A Call for evidence which closes on 2 March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	29241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The consultation has now closed and HMRC are currently analysing the responses. They will publish a responses document before the summer recess and will continue to work closely with the charity sector.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 04/03/2016 11:48:43 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

456572

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the maximum reduction in tax credits is that an individual could be subject to as a result of the reduction in the income rise disregard implemented through the draft Tax Credits (Income Threshold and Determination of Rates) Amendment Regulations 2016.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	29267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>From April 2016, the income rise disregard – the amount by which a tax credit claimant’s income can increase within a year before their tax credit award is adjusted – will be reduced from £5,000 to £2,500.</p><p> </p><p>The only people who will be affected by this will be those who see an increase in their in-year income by more than £2,500. There will be no net cash losers because their income will have increased.</p><p> </p><p>In the subsequent tax year, a claimant’s tax credits award will be calculated in the usual way, using their full annual income for the previous year to determine their tax credit entitlement. This means that after the change in the tax year, whether the claimant’s increase in income was above or below the disregard level, their tax credit award for the following year will be adjusted to what it would have been had no disregard existed.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 29327 29328 question first answered 07/03/2016 11:53:18 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

456573

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was overpaid in tax credits in 2014-15; and what forecast he has made of the level of such overpayments in each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	29173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The amount of tax credit overpayments for 2014-15 were published in HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts. The Annual Report and Accounts for 2015-16 are due to be published in June this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/03/2016 16:39:39 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

456574

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government's memorandum submitted to the Lords Secondary Legislation Committee on 28 January, how many of the 800,000 tax credit claimants with a reduced award to an income rise above the new level of disregard are women.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	29327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>From April 2016, the income rise disregard – the amount by which a tax credit claimant’s income can increase within a year before their tax credit award is adjusted – will be reduced from £5,000 to £2,500.</p><p> </p><p>The only people who will be affected by this will be those who see an increase in their in-year income by more than £2,500. There will be no net cash losers because their income will have increased.</p><p> </p><p>In the subsequent tax year, a claimant’s tax credits award will be calculated in the usual way, using their full annual income for the previous year to determine their tax credit entitlement. This means that after the change in the tax year, whether the claimant’s increase in income was above or below the disregard level, their tax credit award for the following year will be adjusted to what it would have been had no disregard existed.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 29267 29328 question first answered 07/03/2016 11:53:18 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

456575

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government's memorandum submitted to the Lords Secondary Legislation Committee on 28 January, how many of the 800,000 tax credit claimants with a reduced award to an income rise above the new level of disregard are in receipt of child tax credit.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	29328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>From April 2016, the income rise disregard – the amount by which a tax credit claimant’s income can increase within a year before their tax credit award is adjusted – will be reduced from £5,000 to £2,500.</p><p> </p><p>The only people who will be affected by this will be those who see an increase in their in-year income by more than £2,500. There will be no net cash losers because their income will have increased.</p><p> </p><p>In the subsequent tax year, a claimant’s tax credits award will be calculated in the usual way, using their full annual income for the previous year to determine their tax credit entitlement. This means that after the change in the tax year, whether the claimant’s increase in income was above or below the disregard level, their tax credit award for the following year will be adjusted to what it would have been had no disregard existed.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 29267 29327 question first answered 07/03/2016 11:53:18 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey