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49732

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people paid their income tax via the use of personal service companies in 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	197916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMRC" target="_blank">HMRC</a> data shows the total annual income of individuals by income type, but not which type of business this income derives from. Further, there is no statutory definition of a personal service company. For these reasons it is not possible to provide a reliable estimate of the number of people who paid income tax via the use of personal service companies.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

49733

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total estimated number of higher rate taxpayers was in (a) the last financial year and (b) 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	197917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of taxpayers at each income tax rate band are published in HMRC's National Statistics which are available on the internet at the following address:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/number-of-individual-income-taxpayers-by-marginal-rate-gender-and-age" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/number-of-individual-income-taxpayers-by-marginal-rate-gender-and-age</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

49734

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2014, Official Report, column 254W, on tax avoidance, what the (a) total number and (b) timescale involved was in the tenfold increase of people investigated.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	197919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p><strong>In the tax year ended 5 April 2013, HMRC opened 256 investigations into cases where IR35 was identified as the main risk. This is a tenfold increase over the number of investigations opened in the tax year ended 5 April 2011.</strong></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

49564

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the applicability of VAT to vouchers for spectacles and other prescriptions under the voucher scheme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	197662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>The NHS optical voucher scheme provides financial support by way of a voucher to eligible persons to help them buy goods such as spectacles. The vouchers are simply a means of financial support; the VAT consequences result from the goods and services that the voucher is used to buy. Therefore, VAT exemption will apply to the eye test, fitting services and any medical treatment of an eye condition and VAT will apply to the spectacles, irrespective of how payment is made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

49598

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Highways Agency will be able to recover VAT in the same way as it can as an executive agency of his Department when it is transformed into a government-owned company.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	197666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>Special provisions apply to Government Departments and health authorities that enable them to recover VAT incurred on certain of their non-business activities. These are set out in section 41(3) of the VAT Act 1994.</p><p>New bodies are not automatically covered by the above provisions, but the Treasury keeps all taxes under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

49193

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people did not meet the 31 January 2014 deadline for making their tax return.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	197291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p><strong>Of the 10.7 million 2012-13 Self Assessment tax returns due by 31 January 2014 around 708,800 (6.6%) were not filed by the filing deadline. </strong></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

49256

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2014, Official Report, column 677W, on VAT, how many VAT431C claims have been submitted in each of the (a) last eight years and (b) smallest time periods by which data is kept over the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	197388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>VAT 431NB New House Build Claims and VAT431C Conversion claims forms have only been in use in their current form since September 2009.</p><p>Data on these forms is kept on an annual calendar year basis.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Type of claim</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Build/from 2009 VAT431NB</p></td><td><p>6818</p></td><td><p>6441</p></td><td><p>6183</p></td><td><p>5303</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conversion/from 2009 VAT431C</p></td><td><p>1155</p></td><td><p>1107</p></td><td><p>1251</p></td><td><p>999</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 197389 question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

49257

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2014, Official Report, column 677W, on VAT, how many VAT431NB claims have been submitted in each of the (a) last eight years and (b) smallest time periods by which data is kept over the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	197389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>VAT 431NB New House Build Claims and VAT431C Conversion claims forms have only been in use in their current form since September 2009.</p><p>Data on these forms is kept on an annual calendar year basis.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Type of claim</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Build/from 2009 VAT431NB</p></td><td><p>6818</p></td><td><p>6441</p></td><td><p>6183</p></td><td><p>5303</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conversion/from 2009 VAT431C</p></td><td><p>1155</p></td><td><p>1107</p></td><td><p>1251</p></td><td><p>999</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 197388 question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

49335

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) inspections, (b) findings of non-compliance, (c) prosecutions and (d) convictions have been handled by HM Revenue and Customs to non-payment of the minimum wage in each region in each year since 2008.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	197359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government take the enforcement of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) very seriously and HMRC reviews every complaint that is referred to it, investigating the complaint and, in addition, carrying out targeted enforcement where we identify a high risk of non-payment of NMW.</p><p> </p><p>The information for the time period requested is detailed in the table below. HMRC does not keep statistics at regional level for the purposes of completed inspections and non-compliance. However, the location of the employers prosecuted is included.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial</p><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Completed</p><p>Inspections</p></td><td><p>Non-</p><p>Compliance</p></td><td><p>Prosecutions</p></td><td><p>Employer</p><p>Location</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>3643</p></td><td><p>1256</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2904</p></td><td><p>1140</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Liverpool</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2534</p></td><td><p>968</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1693</p></td><td><p>736</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1455</p></td><td><p>680</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>The majority of employers identified as paying below the NMW will pay arrears on receipt of a formal Notice of Underpayment. Where they don't, HMRC will pursue recovery through the civil courts. For deliberate non-compliance or obstructive behaviour, HMRC operates a policy of selective and exemplary criminal investigation action to bolster our overall enforcement strategy. Criminal investigations rarely result in arrears being paid to workers and are reserved only for the most serious cases. All of the prosecutions noted in the table above were successful.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

49373

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax has been collected from insolvency litigation (a) through the Specialist Investigation Unit and (b) in all other insolvency litigation cases handled by HM Revenue and Customs in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	197343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p><strong>HMRC does not maintain centrally held records of the amount it collects through insolvency litigation. </strong></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen