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1183518

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gaming Machines: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Machine Games Duty was paid by (a) individuals and (b) organisations based in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	26860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>During the last five financial years HMRC received the following payments for Machine Games Duty (MGD) from UK taxpayers:</p><p>2014/15 = £562.3 million</p><p>2015/16 = £663.3 million</p><p>2016/17 = £707.0 million</p><p>2017/18 = £712.2 million</p><p>2018/19 = £720.0 million</p><p>HMRC publish information on total MGD receipts within the ‘UK Betting and Gaming Statistics’ publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-betting-and-gaming-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-betting-and-gaming-statistics</a>. No disaggregation of MGD receipts paid by individuals and organisations in Northern Ireland is available as this information is not recorded on trader returns or cash receipts.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/03/2020 15:25:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1183519

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gaming Machines: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) individuals and (b) organisations based in Northern Ireland are registered to pay Machine Games Duty.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	26861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>HMRC registration data indicates that there are 791 businesses registered for Machine Games Duty and 27 registered for Bingo Duty with a Northern Ireland postcode. HMRC cannot split the data by business type for NI alone.</p><p> </p><p>The HMRC figure for registrations with an NI postcode does not include any UK-wide businesses which are registered to a GB address.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 26863 question first answered 17/03/2020 15:51:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1183520

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bingo: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Bingo Duty was paid by (a) individuals and (b) organisations based in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	26862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>During the last five financial years HMRC received the following payments for Bingo Duty from UK taxpayers:</p><p> </p><p>2014/15 = £47.0 million</p><p>2015/16 = £33.9 million</p><p>2016/17 = £34.5 million</p><p>2017/18 = £32.4 million</p><p>2018/19 = £33.4 million</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publish information on total Bingo Duty receipts within the ‘UK Betting and Gaming Statistics’ publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-betting-and-gaming-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-betting-and-gaming-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>No disaggregation of Bingo Duty receipts paid by individuals and organisations in Northern Ireland is available as this information is not recorded on trader returns or cash receipts.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/03/2020 15:21:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1183521

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bingo: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) individuals and (b) organisations based in Northern Ireland are registered to pay Bingo Duty.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	26863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>HMRC registration data indicates that there are 791 businesses registered for Machine Games Duty and 27 registered for Bingo Duty with a Northern Ireland postcode. HMRC cannot split the data by business type for NI alone.</p><p> </p><p>The HMRC figure for registrations with an NI postcode does not include any UK-wide businesses which are registered to a GB address.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 26861 question first answered 17/03/2020 15:51:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1183526

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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, what steps he is taking to ensure that payroll loan schemes are not promoted following the recommendations of Sir Amyas Morse's review.
tabling member constituency	Meriden
tabling member printed	Saqib Bhatti
uin	26957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>In December 2019 the Government announced in its response to Sir Amyas Morse’s Independent Loan Charge Review further measures to tackle promoters of avoidance schemes, including those designed to disguise remuneration. Further detail on these measures was set out in the Budget and HMRC will be publishing a new strategy to combat those who profit from marketing and selling tax avoidance schemes. The Government will also shortly issue a call for evidence on further steps to reduce or end the use of disguised remuneration schemes.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC actively monitor the tax avoidance market and take action against active promoters, particularly those involved in devising and marketing new tax avoidance schemes. HMRC undertake a variety of activities such as challenging promoters for failures under the Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes (DOTAS) regime and pursuing criminal investigations and arrests where appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/03/2020 15:23:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti

1183587

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Foreign Companies: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to ensure that internet-based businesses pay an adequate level of tax in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	26983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>Ensuring that digital businesses pay their fair share of tax in the UK is a priority for the Government.</p><p>The Government is actively working on a multilateral solution to ensure that digital businesses pay an appropriate level of tax in the countries in which they operate.</p><p>Pending that solution, the Government is introducing the digital services tax from April 2020; a 2% tax on the UK revenues of social media platforms, online marketplaces and search engines.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/03/2020 15:15:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1183615

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Imports: Occupied Territories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value of goods imported to the UK from the occupied Palestinian territories was in (a) 2017, (b) 2018, and (c) 2019.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	26891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) are responsible for the collection of statistics on goods imported to and exported from the United Kingdom, which are published on a monthly basis as the Overseas Trade Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The value (GB pounds sterling) of goods imported into the UK from the occupied Palestinian Territories in calendar years 2017, 2018 and 2019 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>UK Goods Imports From:</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Occupied Palestinian Territories</p></td><td><p>£1,246,795</p></td><td><p>£1,713,290</p></td><td><p>£1,794,947</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: HMRC – UK Overseas Trade Statistics (extracted from uktradeinfo.com).</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/03/2020 15:30:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1183617

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Imports: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) proportion of goods imported to the UK from Israel that were produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories in 2019 and (b) value of those goods.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	26892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) are responsible for the collection of statistics on goods imported to and exported from the United Kingdom, including (separately) those to and from Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. However, HMRC do not produce estimates or hold data on goods imported into the UK from Israel that were produced in Israeli settlements of the occupied Palestinian Territories.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/03/2020 15:25:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1183634

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Entrepreneurs' Relief
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people claimed Entrepreneurs' Relief in each year since 2015, by constituency.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	26898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The number of taxpayers claiming Entrepreneurs’ Relief in each constituency is given in the attached table by tax year from 2015-16 to 2017-18. Statistics on Capital Gains Tax for 2018-19 are currently due for publication in August 2020. Values under 30 have been suppressed due to statistical disclosure control.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/03/2020 17:04:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman attachment 1 file name Number of Individuals Claiming Entrepreneurs Relief by Tax Year and Cons.._.xlsx title Table attachment
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1183695

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business Rates: Valuation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will include in his review of business rates the criteria of (a) fairness for local businesses, (b) the long-term effect of changes to the system on sustainable local government finance and (c) the benefits and disadvantages of business rates compared with (i) land value taxation and (ii) other models; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	26839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government published the Terms of Reference for the Business Rates Review alongside the Budget. The terms cover the Government’s objectives for the review as well as its scope and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-rates-review-terms-of-reference/hm-treasury-fundamental-review-of-business-rates-terms-of-reference" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-rates-review-terms-of-reference/hm-treasury-fundamental-review-of-business-rates-terms-of-reference</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/03/2020 15:17:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas