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date	10/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Unpaid Taxes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.5 of the HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) summary of responses to the consultation on Direct Recovery of Debts, what estimate he has made of the number of HMRC staff members that will be required to guarantee that every debtor will receive a face-to-face visit in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18, (d) 2018-19 and (e) 2019-20; and whether those staff will be new or existing HMRC staff.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	218024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Direct Recovery of Debts (DRD) is expected to affect around 17,000 debtors each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) has a well-established process for making face-to-face visits to debtors who do not pay what they owe. In 2013-14, HMRC’s Field Force agents made around 900,000 visits to debtors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Some of those who will be considered for DRD would receive a visit from a Field Force officer in the course of normal debt enforcement. Once DRD begins operation, these visits will provide a further opportunity for HMRC to:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>personally identify the taxpayer and confirm it is their debt</p></li><li><p>explain to debtors what they owe, why they are being pursued for payment, and discuss payment of the debt</p></li><li><p>discuss options to resolve the debt, including offering a Time to Pay arrangement to the debtor, where appropriate</p></li><li><p>identify debtors who are in a vulnerable position and offer them the support they need to settle their debts.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC anticipates that it will absorb the operational cost of DRD visits within its current funding envelope, and the Government has budgeted £800,000 for the systems changes that will underpin the delivery of this measure. HMRC does not expect to recruit additional staff for this purpose.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/12/2014 17:01:16 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

169380

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Unpaid Taxes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.5 of the HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) summary of responses to the consultation on Direct Recovery of Debts, how many HMRC staff will work in the new vulnerable customers unit in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18, (d) 2018-19 and (e) 2019-20; and whether those staff will be new or existing HMRC staff.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	218025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The vulnerable customers unit will provide additional support to HMRC customers who owe debts to HMRC and have been identified as vulnerable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC will review the resourcing of this unit over time, to ensure the Department can respond appropriately to customer demand and from ongoing work with the voluntary sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/12/2014 16:59:45 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

169389

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	HM 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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the table on page 65 of the Autumn Statement 2014, what proportion of the revenue associated with the income tax: salary sacrifice and expenses including umbrella companies measure he plans will result from reforms to legislation related to umbrella companies in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16, (c) 2016-17, (d) 2017-18, (e) 2018-19 and (f) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	218227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The yield from the measure referred to (income tax: salary sacrifice and expenses including umbrella companies) relates to the introduction of a new exemption for qualifying expenses which cannot be used in conjunction with salary sacrifice. This follows a recommendation from the Office of Tax Simplification and a consultation undertaken by HMRC over the summer. Draft legislation for this measure was published on 10<sup>th</sup> December. The decision to prevent the exemption from being used alongside salary sacrifice schemes will prevent tax loss from employers (including umbrella companies).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government will shortly be publishing a discussion document specifically reviewing the use of overarching contracts used by umbrella companies and is separate from the measure referred to above.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/12/2014 16:52:46 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood