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418858

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Personal Income
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 maximum number of people whose income will fall as a result of changes to taxes and benefits introduced by the Summer Budget 2015; and if he will estimate the average fall in annual income for those people.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	10384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>The reforms announced at the Summer Budget will ensure that support will be focused more on those on the very lowest incomes and the system will be fairer upon those who pay for it, as well as those who benefit from it. Taking the welfare changes in the Budget together with the record increases in the income tax personal allowance and the introduction of the new National Living Wage, 8 out of 10 working households will be better off in 2017-18.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/09/2015 13:01:28 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

388876

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 assessment he has made of the potential effects of reductions in tax credits on families on very low incomes.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	6440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <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>Families with someone working 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><p> </p><p> </p><p>These changes will ensure that work will always pay more than a life on benefits, support will be focused more on those on the very lowest incomes and the system will be fairer upon those who pay for it, as well as those who benefit from it. Taking the welfare changes in the Budget together with the record increases in the income tax personal allowance and the introduction of the new National Living Wage, 8 out of 10 working households will be better off by 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 6437 6438 6439 question first answered 16/07/2015 16:40:29 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

388882

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 steps he plans to take to monitor the effects of changes to tax credits on families with very low incomes who are (a) in and (b) out of work.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	6439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <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>Families with someone working 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><p> </p><p> </p><p>These changes will ensure that work will always pay more than a life on benefits, support will be focused more on those on the very lowest incomes and the system will be fairer upon those who pay for it, as well as those who benefit from it. Taking the welfare changes in the Budget together with the record increases in the income tax personal allowance and the introduction of the new National Living Wage, 8 out of 10 working households will be better off by 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 6437 6438 6440 question first answered 16/07/2015 16:40:29 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

349368

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the level of fuel duties.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	1578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>At Budget 2015 the government cancelled the fuel duty increase that was planned for 1 September 2015, thereby freezing fuel duty until the end of 2015-16. Like all taxes, fuel duties are kept under review in the context of the wider public finances, with tax policy changes announced at fiscal events.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/06/2015 14:20:57 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

349036

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit: Lone Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many single-parent families have stopped claiming child benefit since the introduction of the High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	1487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2015 answer text <p>This information is unavailable.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/06/2015 13:07:23 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

349037

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit: Lone Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the effect is on the income of a single parent with two children of choosing not to claim child benefit because they are subject to the High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	1488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>There is no effect on the single parent’s income. However, as the single parent is choosing not to claim Child Benefit, it means that they do not receive Child Benefit at a rate of £34.40 per week (£20.70 for the eldest child, and £13.70 for the additional child).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 17/06/2015 16:38:46 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

348654

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
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 two parent families with a combined income above £50,000 claim child benefit.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	1239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/06/2015 16:34:32 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson