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389453

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a distributional impact analysis of each of the benefit and tax credit announcements made in the Summer Budget 2015.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	6694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of most of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on Monday 21 July, and the remaining impact assessment will follow in due course.<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>The Government published analysis of the impact of government policy across the income distribution alongside the Summer Budget, which included benefit and tax credit expenditure. </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 24/07/2015 12:17:14 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

389467

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
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 and what proportion of (a) individuals and (b) families in each region of the UK will be affected by the reduction of the threshold for withdrawal of tax credits from £6420 to £3850; and what proportion of all tax credit recipients in each region such figures represent.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	6857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is making changes to Tax Credits and Universal Credit which will help put welfare spending on a more sustainable path. That means more emphasis on support to hardworking families on low incomes by reducing income tax through increases in the personal allowance and increasing wages, than on topping up low wages through tax credits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes information on the income used to calculate a family’s tax credit award. The most recent available data is for 2013/14 and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>This information can be found in Table 1c.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/07/2015 16:38:32 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

389470

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the statement by the Institute for Fiscal Studies that increases in the minimum wage will not fully compensate for changes made to the tax credits system.
tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
tabling member printed	Ian Blackford
uin	6778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>As a result of the introduction of the National Living Wage, 2.75m workers are expected to benefit directly, and up to 6m could see their pay rise as a result of a ripple effect up the earnings distribution.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Overall, 8 out of 10 working households will be better off in 2017-18 as a result of the Summer Budget increase to the income tax personal allowance, welfare changes, and introduction of the National Living Wage. This translates to 12.5 million working households who will be better off.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/07/2015 13:55:17 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4390 label Biography information for Ian Blackford

389472

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.213 of the Summer Budget 2015, if he will publish the analysis by HM Revenue and Customs that showed that a tobacco levy of £150 million would raise £25 million.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	6888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2015 answer text <p>As set out in paragraph 1.213 of the Summer Budget Report, the responses to the consultation on introducing a tobacco levy will be published shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 6873 question first answered 17/07/2015 13:27:12 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

389473

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion: Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what effect the introduction of a new fuel marker has had on the level of fuel duty fraud.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	6786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>A new fuel marker, Accutrace, has been added to rebated fuel since 1 April 2015. Following its introduction, HMRC are monitoring its performance and will publish a report of their evaluation once six months’ worth of data can be analysed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The new fuel marker and roadside testing are two elements of the fight against fuel fraud. HMRC will continue to use intelligence and data analysis to identify fraud wherever this occurs in the fuel duty supply chain.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/07/2015 15:57:18 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

389478

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to publish the responses to the consultation on the tobacco levy.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	6873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2015 answer text <p>As set out in paragraph 1.213 of the Summer Budget Report, the responses to the consultation on introducing a tobacco levy will be published shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 6888 question first answered 17/07/2015 13:27:12 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

389044

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.213 of the Summer Budget 2015, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the decision not to introduce a levy on tobacco manufacturers; and what steps he took to assess the potential effects of that decision on public health.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	6506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2015 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers discuss a variety of issues with Ministers from other government departments throughout the year, including the run up to Budget.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 17/07/2015 13:50:29 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

389045

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to allocate funds raised by vehicle excise duty to renewable energy and green transport initiatives.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	6505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Chancellor announced at Summer Budget 2015 a reform of Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) to create a new Roads Fund. VED will be reformed for cars first registered from 1 April 2017, existing cars will remain in the current system. From 2020-21 all revenue raised from VED in England will be allocated to the new Roads Fund and invested directly back into the strategic road network. The government will engage with the Devolved Administrations on how the money is allocated there.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/07/2015 13:46:46 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

389085

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date he plans for changes to tax credit entitlements announced in the Summer Budget 2015 to take effect.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	6501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The requested information can be obtained from pages 87-88 of the Summer Budget 2015 document (HC 264).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 15/07/2015 09:08:08 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

388861

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential effect of the tax credit changes announced in the Summer Budget 2015 on families with two parents who work full-time on minimum wage with (a) two and (b) three or more children.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	6401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer has regular discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on a wide range of topics.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is making changes to Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit which will help put welfare spending on a more sustainable path. The Government wants to move from a low wage, high tax, high welfare society to a higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare society. That means more emphasis on support to hardworking families on low incomes by reducing income tax through increases in the personal allowance and increasing wages, than on topping up low wages through tax credits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Parents currently on the minimum wage will benefit from the introduction of the National Living Wage from April 2016 which will be set at £7.20 per hour. The Government’s ambition is for the National Living Wage to reach over £9 by 2020. This would equate to a cash rise of £5,200 a year by 2020 for those who are currently working full time on the National Minimum Wage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 6402 question first answered 14/07/2015 13:40:13 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands