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418642

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2015 to Question 8088, if he will make it his policy to conduct an assessment of the potential effect of proposed changes to tax credits and housing benefit in the Summer Budget 2015 on the number of abortions in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	10109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to my answer of 11 September.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of the potential effect of proposed changes to tax credits and housing benefit in the Summer Budget 2015 on the number of abortions in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 22/09/2015 13:17:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

418089

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Departmental Coordination: Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the March 2015 Budget, what progress the Government has made on establishing a cross-government ministerial group to oversee future evolution of the anti-illicit tobacco strategy.
tabling member constituency	Sherwood
tabling member printed	Mark Spencer
uin	9677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The refreshed strategy ‘Tackling illicit tobacco: from leaf to light’, published on 24 March 2015, makes it clear that this problem requires collaboration across government. Further details on the establishment of a cross government ministerial group will be released in due course.</p><p>The joint HMRC/Border Force strategy to tackle illicit tobacco can be accessed on GOV.UK:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-illicit-tobacco-from-leaf-to-light" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-illicit-tobacco-from-leaf-to-light</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/10/2015 13:49:15 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer

418090

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 30 October 2012, Official Report, column 210W, on tobacco: smuggling, how many people were convicted in relation to seizures made by the Border Force and HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Sherwood
tabling member printed	Mark Spencer
uin	9679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) is not a prosecuting authority. Where cases handled by HMRC do proceed to the criminal courts the prosecution is carried out by the relevant independent prosecuting authority. This is the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in England and Wales, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) in Scotland, and the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPSNI).</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/10/2015 13:47:44 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer

418091

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 30 October 2012, Official Report, column 210W, on tobacco: smuggling, how many individual seizures were made by the Border Force and HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last five years; and what the total volume of the products seized in each year was.
tabling member constituency	Sherwood
tabling member printed	Mark Spencer
uin	9678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>To the extent that we are able to provide details, the following tables show the number of individual seizures of cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco (HRT) made in each of the last five years and the total volume of tobacco products seized. This does not include the number of individual overseas seizures, which are not recorded centrally, or the number of individual postal seizures from 2010-11 when a new information system was introduced.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Cigarettes: Number of Seizures</p></td><td><p>HMRC</p></td><td><p>UKBF</p></td><td><p>Overseas</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2,011</p></td><td><p>28,787</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>30798</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1,845</p></td><td><p>28,750</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>30595</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1,215</p></td><td><p>30,011</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>31226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>543</p></td><td><p>35,622</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>36165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>582</p></td><td><p>39,578</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>40160</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Cigarettes: Quantity (Sticks)</p></td><td><p>HMRC</p></td><td><p>UKBF</p></td><td><p>Overseas</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>76,559,489</p></td><td><p>650,060,670</p></td><td><p>991,713,280</p></td><td><p>1,718,333,439</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>142,230,184</p></td><td><p>455,174,133</p></td><td><p>1,134,984,800</p></td><td><p>1,732,389,117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>98,477,437</p></td><td><p>487,835,338</p></td><td><p>1,271,622,181</p></td><td><p>1,857,934,956</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>59,599,120</p></td><td><p>318,880,074</p></td><td><p>1,058,975,055</p></td><td><p>1,437,454,249</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>75,953,705</p></td><td><p>439,018,394</p></td><td><p>1,252,616,840</p></td><td><p>1,767,588,939</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HRT: Number of Seizures.</p></td><td><p>HMRC</p></td><td><p>UKBF</p></td><td><p>Overseas</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1,596</p></td><td><p>10,814</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>12,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1,567</p></td><td><p>11,533</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>13,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1,044</p></td><td><p>12,552</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>13,596</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>461</p></td><td><p>12,057</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>12,518</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>411</p></td><td><p>12,804</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>13,215</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HRT: Quantity (Kgs)</p></td><td><p>HMRC</p></td><td><p>UKBF</p></td><td><p>Overseas</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>46,741</p></td><td><p>314,775</p></td><td><p>27,889</p></td><td><p>389,405</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>56,295</p></td><td><p>508,112</p></td><td><p>7,815</p></td><td><p>572,222</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>67,872</p></td><td><p>359,635</p></td><td><p>55,658</p></td><td><p>483,165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>32,921</p></td><td><p>262,873</p></td><td><p>34,200</p></td><td><p>329,994</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>57,183</p></td><td><p>227,928</p></td><td><p>27,901</p></td><td><p>313,012</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 22/10/2015 16:16:56 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer

418092

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) the UK Border Force and (b) HM Revenue and Customs spent on delivering the Government's tobacco smuggling strategy in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Sherwood
tabling member printed	Mark Spencer
uin	9684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The total spent by HMRC on delivering the Government’s strategy to tackle tobacco smuggling in each of the last five years is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£65.75m</p></td><td><p>£68.92m</p></td><td><p>£67.61m</p></td><td><p>£76.00m</p></td><td><p>£78.001m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Border Force cannot provide the information requested without incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p>Border Force adopts an intelligence led approach to all of its customs activities, including tackling tobacco smuggling so that its multi-functional resources can be deployed as effectively as possible in line with latest threat assessments.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/10/2015 13:53:11 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer

417546

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
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, what estimate he has made of the effect on (a) relative and (b) absolute child poverty of the four year freeze announced in the Summer Budget 2015 on the uprating of (i) tax credits and (ii) child benefit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	9470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to working to eliminate child poverty and improving life chances for children.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has carefully considered the impact of the tax and benefit reforms introduced in the Summer Budget. The intended impact of these reforms is to incentivise work, ensure work always pays, and then allow people to keep more of what they earn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/09/2015 16:32:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

417553

registered interest
date	08/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Poverty
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 effect on (a) relative and (b) absolute child poverty of (i) the two child limit for the child element of Tax Credit; and (ii) the removal of the family element of Child Tax Credit announced in the July Budget.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	9627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to working to eliminate child poverty and improving life chances for children.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has carefully considered the impact of the tax and benefit reforms introduced in the Summer Budget. The intended impact of these reforms is to incentivise work, ensure work always pays, and then allow people to keep more of what they earn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/09/2015 10:33:47 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

417222

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Landfill Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to reintroduce the landfill tax escalator.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	9230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>The Budget in March 2015 confirmed that the standard and lower rates of Landfill Tax will increase in line with RPI, rounded to the nearest 5 pence, from April 2016. Further decisions on Landfill Tax rates will be made at Budget 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 10/09/2015 14:50:46 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

416234

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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, if he will make it his policy to reduce the time for which a parent or guardian can receive child benefit after a child has left their care.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	8799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Chancellor keeps all aspects of the tax and welfare system under review. In recognition of the importance of Child Benefit and its key role within family budgets in this country, the Prime Minister pledged before the election that this Government will not cut Child Benefit. The Government will however, go into negotiations to ensure that if an EU migrant’s child is living abroad, then they should receive no child benefit for that child.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 14/09/2015 13:27:08 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

416284

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July to Question 7590, what his timetable is for publishing updated guidance and advice on the implementation of changes to tax credit entitlement arising from the Summer Budget 2015; and if he will publish an online calculator incorporating those changes to tax credits.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	8743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs will be in contact with those individuals affected by any changes to their tax credit entitlements in due course.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the hon member to the answer given by the Financial Secretary on 15 July to question 6497.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/09/2015 16:55:36 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff