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46722

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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, what assessment HM Revenue and Customs has made of the economic viability of its Customs House landholding adjacent to Dover Priory railway station.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	195081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>HMRC has made no assessment of the economic viability of the Priory Court Dover landholding adjacent to Dover Priory railway station.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

46723

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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 meetings HM Revenue and Customs has conducted with Network Rail on the development of new parking facilities at Dover Priory railway station in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	195065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No meetings have taken place between HM Revenue and Customs and Network Rail regarding the development of new parking facilities at Dover Priory railway station in the last six months. However, Network Rail have been in contact with Mapeley as owner/managers of the site.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

46724

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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, what progress has been made on the voluntary exit scheme for staff at HM Revenue and Customs offices in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	195122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) launched two voluntary exit schemes in November 2013 for people in 21 of its offices and for people in its Debt Management and Banking division. Further schemes were opened in February 2014, for eligible staff at Administrative Assistant grade across the country and for people affected by the decision to replace enquiry centres with a new service for customers who need extra help.</p><p> </p><p>There are nine offices or enquiry centres across Northern Ireland where eligible people have been invited to apply for one of the schemes. A summary of the progress at 4 April 2014 can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Location</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Invited to apply</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Applied for VE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Offered VE*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Accepted VE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Declined VE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pending Decision**</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Antrim</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ballymena</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belfast</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coleraine</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Craigavon</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enniskillen</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lisburn</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Londonderry</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newry</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p><strong>297</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>176</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>172</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>83</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>74</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p><strong>* 4 of those that applied withdrew their applications after being successful in obtaining a post in the new service for customers who need extra help </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>** A decision is pending for 15 people as they have until 28 April to decide whether or not to accept a formal offer of voluntary exit.</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

46725

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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, which social care providers have been identified by HM Revenue and Customs as non-compliant with national minimum wage legislation; how much is owed in arrears by each such provider and to how many workers; and what value of fines have been levied on such providers to date.
tabling member constituency	Leicester West
tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
uin	195074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government takes the enforcement of National Minimum Wage (NMW) very seriously and HMRC enforce the national minimum wage legislation on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and has done so since the introduction of NMW in April 1999. It does that by investigating all complaints made about employers suspected of not paying the minimum wage, in addition carrying out targeted enforcement where it identifies a high risk of non-payment of NMW across the whole of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have a legal duty of confidentiality towards their customers. For NMW, this includes employers and their workers. This means that HMRC cannot supply all the information requested as this would breach HMRC's statutory duty of confidentiality under s18(1) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005.</p><p> </p><p>Fines are associated with criminal offences. Where minimum wage arrears are identified for any pay reference periods starting on or after 6 April 2009, the employer will be charged an automatic penalty. The rate of the penalty charge was 50% of the arrears falling in pay periods after 6 April 2009 (minimum penalty charge was £100 and the maximum was £5,000).</p><p> </p><p>The Government has increased the financial penalty percentage from 50 per cent to 100 per cent of the unpaid wages owed to workers, and the maximum penalty from £5,000 to £20,000. These new limits are now in force where arrears are identified in pay reference periods on or after 7 March 2014. The Government will also bring in primary legislation as soon as possible so that the maximum £20,000 penalty can apply to each underpaid worker.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure that underpaid workers receive the arrears of national minimum wage due to them, HMRC contacts every employer for confirmation that they have paid the arrears to workers. In cases where 5 or fewer workers are owed arrears HMRC also contacts all those workers for confirmation of payment. In cases where more than 5 workers are identified as being owed arrears HMRC contacts an additional sample of workers for confirmation of payment.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC records information by Standard Industry Codes. The table below shows the number of employers in the Social Care sector found to be non-compliant with NMW legislation in the last year. Also shown are the value of arrears, the number of underpaid workers identified and the value of penalties issued to employers as a result of those investigations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Number of employers recorded as Social Care Sector and found to be non-compliant</p></td><td><p>Arrears identified during those investigations</p></td><td><p>Underpaid workers identified during those investigations</p></td><td><p>Penalties issued during those investigations</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>£800,883</p></td><td><p>3,620</p></td><td><p>£46,020</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke previous answer version 5518 answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

46845

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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 business rates appeals to the Valuation Office Agency are currently classified as (a) outstanding, (b) received and (c) cleared, by region; and what the current median time taken in days is to clear business rates challenges in each region.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	195251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the latest available statistics on proposals (appeals), by region, to amend the 2010 rating lists. The numbers provided cover England and Wales for the duration of the 2010 rating list as of 30 September 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Proposals to amend the 2010 Rating Lists</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p>Total Received<sup>1,2</sup></p><p>1 Apr 10 to 30 Sept 13</p></td><td><p>Total Cleared<sup>1,2</sup></p><p>1 Apr 10 to 30 Sept 13</p></td><td><p>Total Outstanding<sup>1,2 </sup>at 30 Sep 13</p></td><td><p>Median time to clear (days)</p><p>30 Sept 13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong><strong> and Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>572,780</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>409,680</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>163,100</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>360</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>544,550</p></td><td><p>388,850</p></td><td><p>155,700</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>23,030</p></td><td><p>17,370</p></td><td><p>5,660</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>79,090</p></td><td><p>58,620</p></td><td><p>20,470</p></td><td><p>370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>52,920</p></td><td><p>41,150</p></td><td><p>11,770</p></td><td><p>330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>34,530</p></td><td><p>26,520</p></td><td><p>8,010</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>53,310</p></td><td><p>40,540</p></td><td><p>12,770</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East</p></td><td><p>53,340</p></td><td><p>37,530</p></td><td><p>15,820</p></td><td><p>380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>119,130</p></td><td><p>71,540</p></td><td><p>47,590</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>77,700</p></td><td><p>56,440</p></td><td><p>21,260</p></td><td><p>380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>51,500</p></td><td><p>39,150</p></td><td><p>12,350</p></td><td><p>350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>28,230</p></td><td><p>20,830</p></td><td><p>7,400</p></td><td><p>360</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Figures may not sum to the totals due to the rounding of figures.</p><p><sup>2</sup> VOA Official Statistics, Local Rating Lists: Business Rates</p><p>(Experimental Statistics): Table As, November 2013</p><p><a href="http://www.voa.gov.uk/corporate/_downloads/xls/NDR_TableA_All_2010.xls" target="_blank">http://www.voa.gov.uk/corporate/_downloads/xls/NDR_TableA_All_2010.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

46846

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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, what estimate he has made of the number of women with (a) two, (b) three, (c) four and (d) five or more jobs; and how many such people do not earn a total income above the lower earnings threshold through all their employments.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	195289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of (a) people and (b) women who work in more than one job but do not pay national insurance, even though their total earnings are above the lower earnings threshold; and, of those, how many are women, are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-pension-coverage-lower-earnings-limit-and-multiple-jobs" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-pension-coverage-lower-earnings-limit-and-multiple-jobs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-pension-coverage-lower-earnings-limit-and-multiple-jobs</a></p><p> </p><p>The rest of the information requested is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 195268 195269 195270 question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

46847

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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 who do not meet the income threshold required to pay National Insurance contributions opt to pay national insurance contributions voluntarily.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	195270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of (a) people and (b) women who work in more than one job but do not pay national insurance, even though their total earnings are above the lower earnings threshold; and, of those, how many are women, are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-pension-coverage-lower-earnings-limit-and-multiple-jobs" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-pension-coverage-lower-earnings-limit-and-multiple-jobs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-pension-coverage-lower-earnings-limit-and-multiple-jobs</a></p><p> </p><p>The rest of the information requested is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 195268 195269 195289 question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

46848

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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, what estimate he has made of the number of people with (a) two, (b) three, (c) four and (d) five or more jobs; and how many of such people's total earnings do not meet the lower earnings threshold.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	195269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of (a) people and (b) women who work in more than one job but do not pay national insurance, even though their total earnings are above the lower earnings threshold; and, of those, how many are women, are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-pension-coverage-lower-earnings-limit-and-multiple-jobs" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-pension-coverage-lower-earnings-limit-and-multiple-jobs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-pension-coverage-lower-earnings-limit-and-multiple-jobs</a></p><p> </p><p>The rest of the information requested is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 195268 195270 195289 question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

46849

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) people and (b) women who work in more than one job but do not pay national insurance even though their total earnings are above the lower earnings threshold.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	195268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of (a) people and (b) women who work in more than one job but do not pay national insurance, even though their total earnings are above the lower earnings threshold; and, of those, how many are women, are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-pension-coverage-lower-earnings-limit-and-multiple-jobs" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-pension-coverage-lower-earnings-limit-and-multiple-jobs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-pension-coverage-lower-earnings-limit-and-multiple-jobs</a></p><p> </p><p>The rest of the information requested is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 195269 195270 195289 question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

46855

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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, if he will put arrangements in place to enable telephone callers to the Tax Credit Office in Preston to raise queries with an official rather than through the automatic telephone system.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	195176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The introduction of HMRC's Intelligent Telephony Automation (ITA) system has enabled HMRC to significantly reduce call handling and call waiting times and increase satisfaction.</p><p> </p><p>The speech recognition technology system reacts to what the caller says instead of selecting an option by pushing a button on their phone. ITA allows customers to say what they want to discuss when they telephone HMRC. For the majority of customers, this means their queries are answered by tailored informational messages, without the need to speak to an adviser. If a customer still wants to speak to someone, ITA ensures the adviser is already aware of the customer's reason for calling, offering a more effective customer service.</p><p> </p><p>This enables HMRC to offer a more efficient and tailored customer service and where necessary, give the customer extra support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick