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1121598

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electronic Commerce
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many fulfilment houses had stock seized by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs in the last 12 months.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL15249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>In the year ending 31 December 2018, HM Revenue and Customs seized stock belonging to third parties from 14 fulfilment houses.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 25/04/2019 10:50:11 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1121599

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT: Tax Evasion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many notices of joint and several liability were issued in the last 12 months in respect of VAT evasion by overseas sellers; and how much stock was seized as a result.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL15250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>In the year ending 31 December 2018, HM Revenue and Customs issued 3,827 notices of joint and several liability to online marketplaces. These inform the online marketplace that it could be held jointly liable for an overseas seller’s future unpaid VAT. In the vast majority of cases, the receipt of a notice results in the online marketplace removing that seller from its platform. Seizure of stock takes place under separate powers.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 25/04/2019 10:49:43 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1110704

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	World Economy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of a recent International Monetary Fund forecast regarding the impact of a no-deal Brexit as a risk to global economic growth.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL15168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The government has not assessed the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook April 2019 publication. The IMF is an independent organisation. Their analysis of the UK and global economy represents their own views.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 25/04/2019 10:52:11 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

825639

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Private Partnerships
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, following the recent report by the National Audit Office and the collapse of Carillion, they plan to produce new guidance on the circumstances under which PF2 contracts should be used in future.
tabling member printed	Lord Carlile of Berriew
uin	HL4880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Private Finance 2 proposals should be assessed in line with The HM Treasury’s Green Book, which is currently being revised and will be republished in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 01/02/2018 15:25:54 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1138 label Biography information for Lord Carlile of Berriew

746089

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether the pay cap for civil service employees will be lifted; and if so, when this will happen.
tabling member printed	Baroness McGregor-Smith
uin	HL231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer to exchanges in the other place made by the Chancellor regarding the public sector pay cap during the debate on the Queen’s speech on 29<sup>th</sup> June (HC Deb, 29 June 2017, vol. 626, cols 788-789). During those exchanges, the Chancellor stated that the Government’s public sector pay policy remains unchanged. The pay policy has always been designed to strike the right balance between being fair to our public servants and being fair to those who pay for them. That approach has not changed and we continually assess that balance.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 12/07/2017 16:49:20 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4554 label Biography information for Baroness McGregor-Smith

658699

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Tax Credit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to implement the proposal to limit child tax credits to the first two children in a household.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gould of Potternewton
uin	HL4117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>In future, all families - those in receipt of benefits and those supporting themselves solely through work - will be faced with the same sorts of financial considerations when making decisions about having more children. At Summer Budget 2015 the Government announced that families will no longer be able to claim additional support through Child Tax Credit (CTC) for third or subsequent children in a family where the child is born after April 2017. This policy was legislated for in the Welfare Reform and Work Act which received royal assent in March and will come into effect from April 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 21/12/2016 12:36:44 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3573 label Biography information for Baroness Gould of Potternewton

657737

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether a public sector worker who earns less than £11,000 a year, and who contributes to a public sector pension scheme, receives the equivalent of basic rate tax relief on their contributions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL4056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not centrally collate data on the annual earnings of public sector workers.</p><p> </p><p>Defined benefit public sector pension schemes operate on a net pay basis. The Partnership scheme, which is a defined contribution scheme open to civil servants and other public sector workers, operates a relief at source system for payment of pension contributions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL4057 question first answered 21/12/2016 12:32:05 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

657738

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many workers in the public sector earn less than £11,000.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL4057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not centrally collate data on the annual earnings of public sector workers.</p><p> </p><p>Defined benefit public sector pension schemes operate on a net pay basis. The Partnership scheme, which is a defined contribution scheme open to civil servants and other public sector workers, operates a relief at source system for payment of pension contributions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL4056 question first answered 21/12/2016 12:32:05 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

657741

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much was raised on fuel duty and VAT on fuel for each of the last 10 financial years.
tabling member printed	Lord Darling of Roulanish
uin	HL4060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>Receipts from fuel duty are published in the Hydrocarbon Oils statistical bulletin and the figures from the last ten financial years are shown below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Receipts (£ bn)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>23.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>24.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>24.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>26.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>27.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>26.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>26.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>26.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>27.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>27.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For VAT, the information requested is not available. HM Revenue and Customs does not collect data on VAT revenues from particular goods and services.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 19/12/2016 14:52:43 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	596 label Biography information for Lord Darling of Roulanish

657382

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	EU Countries: Tax Avoidance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the appeal in Luxembourg of Antoine Deltour against his conviction in June for theft, what steps they are taking to protect whistleblowers who expose companies’ aggressive tax avoidance schemes when those schemes are organised in conjunction with the governments of other EU member states.
tabling member printed	Lord Harries of Pentregarth
uin	HL4016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 ensures that workers who raise concerns of wrongdoing to their employer or a relevant external body (by making what is known as a ‘protected disclosure’) and suffer detriment as a result may seek redress through an Employment Tribunal.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to information on tax avoidance and evasion HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) gathers information from a number of sources including whistle-blowers. Any information which is provided to HMRC is treated as confidential and details of the individual providing the information will not be divulged, without consent, except where compelled by law.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not offer immunity from prosecution within the UK or in a third country where that country’s legislation is at odds with UK Legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 21/12/2016 12:36:09 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3813 label Biography information for Lord Harries of Pentregarth