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registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to reduce in-work poverty.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	42160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Work is the best route out of poverty, which is why this Government is focused on getting people into employment. Since 2010, 2.5 million more people are in work and average household incomes are at a record high.</p><p> </p><p>We are reforming the tax and benefit system to ensure work will always pay more than a life on benefits. That is why we are raising the tax-free personal allowance to £11,500 in April 2017, meaning 1.3m individuals will have been taken out of income tax altogether since 2015. This enables people to keep more of what they earn. We are also introducing Universal Credit which is designed to reduce poverty, ensure work pays and strengthen incentives to progress in work.</p><p> </p><p>We have introduced the National Living Wage for workers aged 25 and above, representing a pay rise of £900 this year for a full time workers on the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also providing additional support for families by increasing childcare funding within UC from 70% to 85% of eligible costs, introducing Tax Free Childcare and extending free early years childcare for working parents from 15 to 30 hours.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/07/2016 09:00:20 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

524655

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the income of the highest-earning parent is used to assess eligibility for child benefit rather than the joint incomes of both parents.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	40400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2016 answer text <p>If the Government were to use total household income as the criteria for the High Income Child Benefit Charge on households, this would require collecting information of the incomes of everyone in each of the eight million households receiving Child Benefit. This would effectively introduce a new means test. The Government’s approach withdraws Child Benefit from those on high incomes, whilst having no impact on the majority of claimants.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/06/2016 12:48:14 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

524656

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Debts: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect on the UK economy of the increase in corporate debt in China.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	40326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text The Treasury continuously monitors global economic developments, including in China, and their impact on the UK as part of the normal process of policy development. As one of the most open trading economies in the world with a large financial sector, we have to recognise that the UK is not immune to the continued problems being experienced in the world economy. Nonetheless, the Bank of England’s 2015 stress tests modelled a severe slowdown in commodities and emerging markets. No banks were required to submit revised capital plans following the stress tests. These results indicate that the UK banking system would have the capacity to continue to lend to the real economy, even under such a severe adverse scenario. answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/06/2016 12:30:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

524657

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many enquiries have been made by hon. Members to HM Revenue and Customs on tax credits claims by (a) e-mail, (b) telephone and (c) letter in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	40335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>HMRC receives enquiries from hon. Members about tax credit awards in a number of different ways. HMRC seeks to answer every one as a high priority.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC collates internal management statistics relating to tax credit enquiries but does not hold comprehensive figures as to how many of these were submitted by hon. Members via each medium.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/06/2016 11:56:08 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

524659

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Supported Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the effect on the public purse of the effects on the life chances of residents of the services and support provided through supported housing; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	40419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Treasury has made no formal estimate of the impact on the public finances resulting from the effects of supported housing provision on the life chances of residents. However, analysis of the financial benefits of capital investment in specialist housing has previously been commissioned by the Homes and Communities Agency: Financial benefits of investment in specialist housing for vulnerable and older people (2010). This includes analysis of the impact of capital funding for specialist housing on the usage and associated costs of wider public services, including primary and secondary healthcare, social care, the criminal justice system, and the benefits system.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions and Department for Communities and Local Government are currently conducting an evidence review of the supported housing sector, which will report shortly.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/06/2016 10:41:46 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

524214

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the Government's response to the discussion paper on options for supporting English regional airports from the potential impacts of air passenger duty devolution, published in July 2015.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	40093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government is carefully considering the responses received to the discussion paper on options to support English regional airports from the potential impacts of air passenger duty devolution and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 14/06/2016 09:11:57 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

523156

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in (a) Bristol South constituency and (b) England have re-applied for child benefit for a young person following that person's dropping out of an apprenticeship.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	39411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The information is not available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 39412 question first answered 14/06/2016 09:20:02 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

523157

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in (a) Bristol South constituency and (b) England have had child benefit stopped for a young person because that person took up an apprenticeship.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	39412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The information is not available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 39411 question first answered 14/06/2016 09:20:02 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

522455

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Leaflets
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 cost of publishing the leaflets entitled Tax credits: coming to the UK - WTC/FS5 and Social Security abroad: N138.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	38979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) publishes the WTC/FS5 and NI38 leaflets online at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>. The cost of publishing and updating these leaflets online is negligible.</p><p>The NI38 leaflet is available online only. The WTC/FS5 leaflet was last printed in September 2014 at cost of 142.80 (net). Since demand for print copies of this leaflet is very low, HMRC plans for this leaflet to be only available online from October 2016.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/06/2016 14:05:08 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

522462

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Soft Drinks: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how his Department determined the bands for the soft drinks industry levy; and what scientific studies were used in reaching that decision.
tabling member constituency	Brecon and Radnorshire
tabling member printed	Chris Davies
uin	39247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The new levy will be charged on producers and importers of drinks with added sugar. There will be one rate for drinks with total sugar content above 5g/100ml and a higher charge for drinks with more than 8g/100ml of sugar.</p><p> </p><p>This structure is clear, simple and transparent. It is designed to encourage producers to reformulate their product mix by removing the added sugar content from drinks and helping consumers choose lower and no sugar brands.</p><p> </p><p>The bands have been set to give producers certainty over the next two years before implementation so they can gradually reformulate their products. Companies have until April 2018 before the levy comes into force to reformulate and if they do, they can pay less.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/06/2016 13:41:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4376 label Biography information for Chris Davies