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1274702

registered interest
date	08/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made on responding to its consultation on pensions tax relief administration; and what the timeframe is for publishing a response to that consultation.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	134452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the different impacts of the two systems of paying pension tax relief on pension contributions for workers earning below the personal allowance. At Budget 2020, the Government announced it would launch a Call for Evidence on pensions tax relief administration, in line with its manifesto commitment to undertake a comprehensive review of this issue.</p><p> </p><p>This Call for Evidence set out the Government’s views on proposals already put forward by stakeholders, invited further proposals, and sought views on the operation of the RAS method.</p><p> </p><p>The Call for Evidence is now closed. The Government is analysing the responses and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 134453 134455 134456 question first answered 14/01/2021 16:41:33 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1274703

registered interest
date	08/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the administration of pensions tax relief on low-income workers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	134453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the different impacts of the two systems of paying pension tax relief on pension contributions for workers earning below the personal allowance. At Budget 2020, the Government announced it would launch a Call for Evidence on pensions tax relief administration, in line with its manifesto commitment to undertake a comprehensive review of this issue.</p><p> </p><p>This Call for Evidence set out the Government’s views on proposals already put forward by stakeholders, invited further proposals, and sought views on the operation of the RAS method.</p><p> </p><p>The Call for Evidence is now closed. The Government is analysing the responses and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 134452 134455 134456 question first answered 14/01/2021 16:41:33 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1274704

registered interest
date	08/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of low-income workers with reduced take-home pay following application of pensions tax relief by pension scheme operators.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	134454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>HMRC has estimated the number of individuals earning below the personal allowance and making workplace pension contributions via Real Time Information (RTI) using net pay arrangements.</p><p>For 2017-18, when the personal allowance was £11,500, HMRC estimate the number of individuals to be 1.5 million.</p><p>HMRC’s Survey of Personal Income (SPI) and administrative data was used to produce the estimates. The 2017-18 SPI data (published in March 2020) is the latest year available.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 14/01/2021 16:44:12 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1274705

registered interest
date	08/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend net pay pension schemes to ensure that people earning below the personal tax threshold can access their full tax relief entitlement.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	134455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the different impacts of the two systems of paying pension tax relief on pension contributions for workers earning below the personal allowance. At Budget 2020, the Government announced it would launch a Call for Evidence on pensions tax relief administration, in line with its manifesto commitment to undertake a comprehensive review of this issue.</p><p> </p><p>This Call for Evidence set out the Government’s views on proposals already put forward by stakeholders, invited further proposals, and sought views on the operation of the RAS method.</p><p> </p><p>The Call for Evidence is now closed. The Government is analysing the responses and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 134452 134453 134456 question first answered 14/01/2021 16:41:33 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1274706

registered interest
date	08/01/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
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 Chancellor of the Exchequer to resolve net pay tax issues for low-income workers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	134456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the different impacts of the two systems of paying pension tax relief on pension contributions for workers earning below the personal allowance. At Budget 2020, the Government announced it would launch a Call for Evidence on pensions tax relief administration, in line with its manifesto commitment to undertake a comprehensive review of this issue.</p><p> </p><p>This Call for Evidence set out the Government’s views on proposals already put forward by stakeholders, invited further proposals, and sought views on the operation of the RAS method.</p><p> </p><p>The Call for Evidence is now closed. The Government is analysing the responses and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 134452 134453 134455 question first answered 14/01/2021 16:41:33 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1259181

registered interest
date	08/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that HMRC pursues pension scammers holding stolen funds.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	126891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2020 answer text Most pension avoidance scheme promoters do not break the tax rules. But where they do, HMRC will pursue them. HMRC is responsible for pension tax relief but not for the regulation of pension schemes. Regulation is the responsibility of the Pensions Regulator and the Financial Conduct Authority. HMRC works with other regulators and law enforcement agencies, through Project Bloom, to ensure a co-ordinated and joined up approach is taken to tackle pension avoidance schemes. answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 14/12/2020 15:39:37 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1259182

registered interest
date	08/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax rule breaches resulting from pension scams have been identified by HMRC in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	126892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2020 answer text <p>HMRC deals with tackling tax avoidance, evasion and other forms of non-compliance.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is responsible for pension tax relief but not for the regulation of pension schemes. Regulation is the responsibility of the Pensions Regulator and the Financial Conduct Authority.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2015 individuals over 55 have been able to legally withdraw amounts from their pension pots, pay tax on the amounts withdrawn and invest the amounts however they wish. However, as the amounts withdrawn and the investment occurs outside of the pensions tax wrapper, this does not give rise to tax breaches, provided the relevant tax charges are paid.</p><p> </p><p>Pension investment frauds are arguably a subset of investment frauds. Serious or complex fraud is a criminal offence and is investigated by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), also has as one of its statutory objectives the reduction of financial crime, which includes fraud.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC empathises with anyone who believes that they may have been misled about their pension investments. We will continue working closely with the Pensions Regulator and Financial Conduct Authority to tackle pension avoidance schemes.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 14/12/2020 15:43:39 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1237544

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent guidance he has issued to HMRC on the tax treatment of the victims of pension scams.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	95092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>We take the issue of pension scams very seriously. The government is committed to protecting people from pension scams and pursuing those who perpetuate pension scams wherever possible.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012 the government established Project Bloom, a cross-government taskforce currently led by the Pensions Regulator (TPR), to tackle scams and identify emerging threats.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will continue to come down hard on scammers who we identify, working closely with the Pensions Regulator and Financial Conduct Authority in a cross-agency approach.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not hold an estimate of the number of breaches of tax law which were made as a result of pension scams.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 95093 95094 question first answered 29/09/2020 08:15:06 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1237545

registered interest
date	24/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Fraud
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 number of breaches of tax law which were made as a result of pension scams in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	95093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>We take the issue of pension scams very seriously. The government is committed to protecting people from pension scams and pursuing those who perpetuate pension scams wherever possible.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012 the government established Project Bloom, a cross-government taskforce currently led by the Pensions Regulator (TPR), to tackle scams and identify emerging threats.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will continue to come down hard on scammers who we identify, working closely with the Pensions Regulator and Financial Conduct Authority in a cross-agency approach.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not hold an estimate of the number of breaches of tax law which were made as a result of pension scams.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 95092 95094 question first answered 29/09/2020 08:15:06 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1237547

registered interest
date	24/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with HM Revenue and Customs on its approach to tax rule breaches arising from pension scams.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	95094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>We take the issue of pension scams very seriously. The government is committed to protecting people from pension scams and pursuing those who perpetuate pension scams wherever possible.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012 the government established Project Bloom, a cross-government taskforce currently led by the Pensions Regulator (TPR), to tackle scams and identify emerging threats.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will continue to come down hard on scammers who we identify, working closely with the Pensions Regulator and Financial Conduct Authority in a cross-agency approach.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not hold an estimate of the number of breaches of tax law which were made as a result of pension scams.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 95092 95093 question first answered 29/09/2020 08:15:06 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray