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681152

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Individual Savings Accounts: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have received income tax exemption for junior individual savings account savings in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	62208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes the estimated cost of the income tax exemption of Interest on National Savings Certificates including index-linked certificates here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a>. Figures of the population benefitting from this relief are not held.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes the estimated cost of the income tax exemption of junior individual savings account savings, Child Trust Fund account savings, life annuities interest, and life insurance premiums here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/minor-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/minor-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a>. Figures of the population benefitting from these reliefs are not held.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of individuals saving into Junior ISAs is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individual-savings-accounts-isas-amounts-subscribed-to-each-component-and-average-subscription" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individual-savings-accounts-isas-amounts-subscribed-to-each-component-and-average-subscription</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of Child Trust Funds saved into in previous years can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-trust-fund-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-trust-fund-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The numbers of savers is not the same as the number of individuals benefitting from tax relief, as most of these individuals would not be taxpayers even if they saved into normal (not tax advantaged) accounts due to their age and other allowances.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 62176 62205 62206 62207 question first answered 02/02/2017 16:47:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

681153

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Savings Certificates: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax exemption for interest on National Savings Certificates including index-linked certificates in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	62176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes the estimated cost of the income tax exemption of Interest on National Savings Certificates including index-linked certificates here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a>. Figures of the population benefitting from this relief are not held.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes the estimated cost of the income tax exemption of junior individual savings account savings, Child Trust Fund account savings, life annuities interest, and life insurance premiums here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/minor-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/minor-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a>. Figures of the population benefitting from these reliefs are not held.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of individuals saving into Junior ISAs is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individual-savings-accounts-isas-amounts-subscribed-to-each-component-and-average-subscription" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individual-savings-accounts-isas-amounts-subscribed-to-each-component-and-average-subscription</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of Child Trust Funds saved into in previous years can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-trust-fund-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-trust-fund-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The numbers of savers is not the same as the number of individuals benefitting from tax relief, as most of these individuals would not be taxpayers even if they saved into normal (not tax advantaged) accounts due to their age and other allowances.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 62205 62206 62207 62208 question first answered 02/02/2017 16:47:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

681154

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Redundancy Pay: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax exemption on the first £30,000 of payments on termination of employment in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	62177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>It is estimated that during 2013-14 approximately 300,000 employees received some income tax exemption on the first £30,000 of a payment for termination of an employment. The corresponding estimate for 2014-15 is 260,000.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/02/2017 16:36:52 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

681155

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Rented Housing: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax relief for renting a room in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	62178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>Requested data are in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>53,200</p></td><td><p>56,400</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes: (1) Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100; (2) these figures do not provide a complete picture of the number of the beneficiaries of the Relief due to the fact that individuals with rental incomes below the level of the rent a room tax-free threshold (£4,250 in 2013-14 and 2014-15) do not declare these earnings; (3) figures in the table capture: (a) the number of taxpayers whose rent incomes were above the threshold and (b) those who reported using the Relief on their self-assessment tax returns for other property income.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/02/2017 16:49:50 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

681156

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Shipping: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax relief for Seafarers Earnings Deduction in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	62179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The number of seafarers claiming Seafarers Earnings Deduction through self-assessment was 21,000 for the tax year 2013-14 and 20,000 for the tax year 2014-15.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/02/2017 16:34:53 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

681157

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Day care: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax relief for employer-supported childcare including workplace nurseries in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	62180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>It is estimated that during 2013-14 an average of 690,000 employees received income tax relief for the three forms of employer-supported childcare. The corresponding estimate for 2014-15 is 750,000.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/02/2017 16:37:45 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

681160

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Life Insurance: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax exemption for life insurance premiums for contracts made prior to 14 March 1984 in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	62205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes the estimated cost of the income tax exemption of Interest on National Savings Certificates including index-linked certificates here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a>. Figures of the population benefitting from this relief are not held.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes the estimated cost of the income tax exemption of junior individual savings account savings, Child Trust Fund account savings, life annuities interest, and life insurance premiums here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/minor-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/minor-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a>. Figures of the population benefitting from these reliefs are not held.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of individuals saving into Junior ISAs is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individual-savings-accounts-isas-amounts-subscribed-to-each-component-and-average-subscription" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individual-savings-accounts-isas-amounts-subscribed-to-each-component-and-average-subscription</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of Child Trust Funds saved into in previous years can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-trust-fund-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-trust-fund-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The numbers of savers is not the same as the number of individuals benefitting from tax relief, as most of these individuals would not be taxpayers even if they saved into normal (not tax advantaged) accounts due to their age and other allowances.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 62176 62206 62207 62208 question first answered 02/02/2017 16:47:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

681162

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Annuities: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax exemption for life annuities interest in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	62206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes the estimated cost of the income tax exemption of Interest on National Savings Certificates including index-linked certificates here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a>. Figures of the population benefitting from this relief are not held.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes the estimated cost of the income tax exemption of junior individual savings account savings, Child Trust Fund account savings, life annuities interest, and life insurance premiums here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/minor-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/minor-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a>. Figures of the population benefitting from these reliefs are not held.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of individuals saving into Junior ISAs is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individual-savings-accounts-isas-amounts-subscribed-to-each-component-and-average-subscription" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individual-savings-accounts-isas-amounts-subscribed-to-each-component-and-average-subscription</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of Child Trust Funds saved into in previous years can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-trust-fund-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-trust-fund-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The numbers of savers is not the same as the number of individuals benefitting from tax relief, as most of these individuals would not be taxpayers even if they saved into normal (not tax advantaged) accounts due to their age and other allowances.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 62176 62205 62207 62208 question first answered 02/02/2017 16:47:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

681163

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Trust Fund: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax exemption for Child Trust Fund account savings in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	62207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes the estimated cost of the income tax exemption of Interest on National Savings Certificates including index-linked certificates here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a>. Figures of the population benefitting from this relief are not held.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes the estimated cost of the income tax exemption of junior individual savings account savings, Child Trust Fund account savings, life annuities interest, and life insurance premiums here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/minor-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/minor-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a>. Figures of the population benefitting from these reliefs are not held.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of individuals saving into Junior ISAs is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individual-savings-accounts-isas-amounts-subscribed-to-each-component-and-average-subscription" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individual-savings-accounts-isas-amounts-subscribed-to-each-component-and-average-subscription</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of Child Trust Funds saved into in previous years can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-trust-fund-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-trust-fund-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The numbers of savers is not the same as the number of individuals benefitting from tax relief, as most of these individuals would not be taxpayers even if they saved into normal (not tax advantaged) accounts due to their age and other allowances.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 62176 62205 62206 62208 question first answered 02/02/2017 16:47:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

681290

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	High Net Worth Unit: Tax Yields
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 trends in the revenue collected by HM Revenue and Customs High Net Worth Unit in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	62293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The NAO report published in November 2016 shows the amount of compliance yield collected by the High Net Worth Unit in HM Revenue and Customs over the last five years. This was:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Yield</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£200 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£223 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£268 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£414 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£416 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>In this period the High Net Worth Unit has increased the yield from its work each year and exceeded the annual yield targets that it agreed internally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 02/02/2017 16:51:11 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham