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1105342

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many sites HMRC have vacated since 15 November 2015.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	237203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Since November 2015, when HMRC announced its ten-year location strategy which will see it become a tax authority fit for the future, it has closed 76 of the 170 offices which it occupied at that time.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 76 offices, 72 were managed under the STEPS Private Finance Initiative contract. Of the 72 offices under the STEPS contract, 58 were not Mapeley freehold properties. There were four offices which were not under the STEPS contract.</p><p> </p><p>When HMRC vacates an office in accordance with its operational requirements, it would seek to dispose of the building following any remedial work which needed to be completed. It may choose to retain the building if other government departments are based at the location and are funding the remaining lease. HMRC is not paying rent on any of the 76 offices which have been vacated since November 2015 and none of them have been left unoccupied.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC also manages properties on behalf of other government departments where there is no HMRC presence and those departments pay HMRC for the use of the building.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continues to support staff through its transformation. For those who can move it is providing payments towards increases in travel costs paid for up to five years, and for those who cannot move with HMRC it continues to seek opportunities in other government departments, in addition to any support with upskilling where relevant. HMRC wants to keep as many employees as possible and through one-to-one conversations with managers it will explore smarter ways of working and flexibility with working hours where this is possible. Moving to regional centres will save around £300 million up to 2025 with annual cash savings of around £90 million from 2028, while improving customer service and modernising how HMRC works.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 237204 237205 237206 237208 question first answered 01/04/2019 15:37:20 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1105343

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Department has made of the number of sites that it has vacated since 15 November 2015 for which HMRC has paid rent to (a) any freeholder and (b) Mapeley after it had vacated those sites.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	237204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Since November 2015, when HMRC announced its ten-year location strategy which will see it become a tax authority fit for the future, it has closed 76 of the 170 offices which it occupied at that time.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 76 offices, 72 were managed under the STEPS Private Finance Initiative contract. Of the 72 offices under the STEPS contract, 58 were not Mapeley freehold properties. There were four offices which were not under the STEPS contract.</p><p> </p><p>When HMRC vacates an office in accordance with its operational requirements, it would seek to dispose of the building following any remedial work which needed to be completed. It may choose to retain the building if other government departments are based at the location and are funding the remaining lease. HMRC is not paying rent on any of the 76 offices which have been vacated since November 2015 and none of them have been left unoccupied.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC also manages properties on behalf of other government departments where there is no HMRC presence and those departments pay HMRC for the use of the building.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continues to support staff through its transformation. For those who can move it is providing payments towards increases in travel costs paid for up to five years, and for those who cannot move with HMRC it continues to seek opportunities in other government departments, in addition to any support with upskilling where relevant. HMRC wants to keep as many employees as possible and through one-to-one conversations with managers it will explore smarter ways of working and flexibility with working hours where this is possible. Moving to regional centres will save around £300 million up to 2025 with annual cash savings of around £90 million from 2028, while improving customer service and modernising how HMRC works.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 237203 237205 237206 237208 question first answered 01/04/2019 15:37:20 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1105344

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC is paying rent on sites that have (a) been vacated by its staff and (b) where there is no active HMRC work being carried out.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	237205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Since November 2015, when HMRC announced its ten-year location strategy which will see it become a tax authority fit for the future, it has closed 76 of the 170 offices which it occupied at that time.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 76 offices, 72 were managed under the STEPS Private Finance Initiative contract. Of the 72 offices under the STEPS contract, 58 were not Mapeley freehold properties. There were four offices which were not under the STEPS contract.</p><p> </p><p>When HMRC vacates an office in accordance with its operational requirements, it would seek to dispose of the building following any remedial work which needed to be completed. It may choose to retain the building if other government departments are based at the location and are funding the remaining lease. HMRC is not paying rent on any of the 76 offices which have been vacated since November 2015 and none of them have been left unoccupied.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC also manages properties on behalf of other government departments where there is no HMRC presence and those departments pay HMRC for the use of the building.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continues to support staff through its transformation. For those who can move it is providing payments towards increases in travel costs paid for up to five years, and for those who cannot move with HMRC it continues to seek opportunities in other government departments, in addition to any support with upskilling where relevant. HMRC wants to keep as many employees as possible and through one-to-one conversations with managers it will explore smarter ways of working and flexibility with working hours where this is possible. Moving to regional centres will save around £300 million up to 2025 with annual cash savings of around £90 million from 2028, while improving customer service and modernising how HMRC works.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 237203 237204 237206 237208 question first answered 01/04/2019 15:37:20 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1105345

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many sites vacated by HMRC since 15 November 2015 were sites managed under the STEPS contract.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	237206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Since November 2015, when HMRC announced its ten-year location strategy which will see it become a tax authority fit for the future, it has closed 76 of the 170 offices which it occupied at that time.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 76 offices, 72 were managed under the STEPS Private Finance Initiative contract. Of the 72 offices under the STEPS contract, 58 were not Mapeley freehold properties. There were four offices which were not under the STEPS contract.</p><p> </p><p>When HMRC vacates an office in accordance with its operational requirements, it would seek to dispose of the building following any remedial work which needed to be completed. It may choose to retain the building if other government departments are based at the location and are funding the remaining lease. HMRC is not paying rent on any of the 76 offices which have been vacated since November 2015 and none of them have been left unoccupied.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC also manages properties on behalf of other government departments where there is no HMRC presence and those departments pay HMRC for the use of the building.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continues to support staff through its transformation. For those who can move it is providing payments towards increases in travel costs paid for up to five years, and for those who cannot move with HMRC it continues to seek opportunities in other government departments, in addition to any support with upskilling where relevant. HMRC wants to keep as many employees as possible and through one-to-one conversations with managers it will explore smarter ways of working and flexibility with working hours where this is possible. Moving to regional centres will save around £300 million up to 2025 with annual cash savings of around £90 million from 2028, while improving customer service and modernising how HMRC works.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 237203 237204 237205 237208 question first answered 01/04/2019 15:37:20 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1105347

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many sites that HMRC has vacated since 15 November 2015 were sites (a) not under the STEPS contract and (b) where the freeholder was not Mapeley.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	237208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Since November 2015, when HMRC announced its ten-year location strategy which will see it become a tax authority fit for the future, it has closed 76 of the 170 offices which it occupied at that time.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 76 offices, 72 were managed under the STEPS Private Finance Initiative contract. Of the 72 offices under the STEPS contract, 58 were not Mapeley freehold properties. There were four offices which were not under the STEPS contract.</p><p> </p><p>When HMRC vacates an office in accordance with its operational requirements, it would seek to dispose of the building following any remedial work which needed to be completed. It may choose to retain the building if other government departments are based at the location and are funding the remaining lease. HMRC is not paying rent on any of the 76 offices which have been vacated since November 2015 and none of them have been left unoccupied.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC also manages properties on behalf of other government departments where there is no HMRC presence and those departments pay HMRC for the use of the building.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continues to support staff through its transformation. For those who can move it is providing payments towards increases in travel costs paid for up to five years, and for those who cannot move with HMRC it continues to seek opportunities in other government departments, in addition to any support with upskilling where relevant. HMRC wants to keep as many employees as possible and through one-to-one conversations with managers it will explore smarter ways of working and flexibility with working hours where this is possible. Moving to regional centres will save around £300 million up to 2025 with annual cash savings of around £90 million from 2028, while improving customer service and modernising how HMRC works.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 237203 237204 237205 237206 question first answered 01/04/2019 15:37:20 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1092094

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what records HMRC holds on suicides by individuals who are subject to the 2019 loan charge.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	234776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>When HMRC is notified that an individual has taken their own life, and had contact with the customer at the time, or shortly beforehand, its standard process is to refer the matter to the Independent Office for Police Conduct within 24 hours of the notification.</p><p> </p><p>On Monday 18 March, HMRC was informed that a customer had, very sadly, taken their own life. The department had previously been told that the individual had used disguised remuneration schemes. Out of respect for the family, and given HMRC’s statutory duty of taxpayer confidentiality, it is not in a position to comment further.</p><p> </p><p>Suicide is a complex issue and there is rarely a single cause. It is important to emphasise that it will be for a coroner to determine any cause of death, not HMRC. The department will, of course, co-operate fully with any inquest.</p><p> </p><p>As Sir Jonathan Thompson KCB, HMRC Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary, said in his 13 March 2019 letter to the Loan Charge All Party Parliamentary Group, at that time HMRC was aware of reports but did not possess information that enabled it to identify a named individual.</p><p> </p><p>An impact assessment was published when the measure was announced at Budget 2016. The Government will also publish a report that will set out the rationale for, and impact of, the policy before 30 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 234778 question first answered 25/03/2019 17:50:14 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1092101

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC has made an (a) assessment of the risk of suicide and (b) estimate of the number of suicides among people subject to the 2019 Loan Charge; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	234778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>When HMRC is notified that an individual has taken their own life, and had contact with the customer at the time, or shortly beforehand, its standard process is to refer the matter to the Independent Office for Police Conduct within 24 hours of the notification.</p><p> </p><p>On Monday 18 March, HMRC was informed that a customer had, very sadly, taken their own life. The department had previously been told that the individual had used disguised remuneration schemes. Out of respect for the family, and given HMRC’s statutory duty of taxpayer confidentiality, it is not in a position to comment further.</p><p> </p><p>Suicide is a complex issue and there is rarely a single cause. It is important to emphasise that it will be for a coroner to determine any cause of death, not HMRC. The department will, of course, co-operate fully with any inquest.</p><p> </p><p>As Sir Jonathan Thompson KCB, HMRC Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary, said in his 13 March 2019 letter to the Loan Charge All Party Parliamentary Group, at that time HMRC was aware of reports but did not possess information that enabled it to identify a named individual.</p><p> </p><p>An impact assessment was published when the measure was announced at Budget 2016. The Government will also publish a report that will set out the rationale for, and impact of, the policy before 30 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 234776 question first answered 25/03/2019 17:50:14 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1082321

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether A1 forms for artists and musicians will be accepted after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wantage
tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
uin	228645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The Withdrawal Agreement provides for the continuation of social security coordination, which will maintain the current rules on A1 certificates in the UK and EU until the end of the implementation period in December 2020.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 12/03/2019 17:36:28 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

1038982

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Music Venues: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has plans to assess the eligibility of music venues for discounted business rates.
tabling member constituency	Wantage
tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
uin	207178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Budget 2018 announced a two-year business rates discount of one third for small retailers. As set out in the published guidance, the government considers retail to mean properties being used as shops, cafes, restaurants, and drinking establishments. It will be for local authorities to implement the discount and decide whether properties are similar in nature to those listed as eligible in the guidance. Music venues will only be eligible where they are similar in nature to those properties listed as eligible.</p><p> </p><p>This discount is part of Our Plan for the High Street, a £1.5bn support package. All ratepayers are benefitting from recent wide-ranging reductions to business rates; in total, cuts announced since Budget 2016 are worth more than £13bn to businesses over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 17/01/2019 16:02:56 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

971553

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Co-operatives: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to increase fiscal support for the co-operative sector.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	906797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>This Government recognises the value of co-operatives and other mutually owned businesses, which are worth more than £36 billion to our economy.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, the government has reduced the corporation tax rate from 28% to 19% today, which benefits all businesses, including co-operatives, supporting investment, jobs, and growth.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/09/2018 14:54:03 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill