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347961

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the time taken by HM Revenue and Customs to answer telephone calls from members of the public; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>I refer my Honourable friend to the answers I gave 1 June 2015, UINs 4 and 13.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/06/2015 14:42:45 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

347658

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Wales
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 23 March 2015 to Question 228104, what his Department's current plans are for reorganisation of HM Revenue and Customs in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are continuing to discuss with their staff the locations of the future Regional Centres. They have however, told them how in-principle decisions will be made.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For Wales, HMRC has told staff that it believes that Cardiff is the most suitable location for a future Regional Centre in Wales, since it is already the biggest HMRC location in the country. However, no decisions have yet been made on the precise location or timing of a new HMRC Regional Centre in Cardiff or the nature and timing of impacts on other HMRC locations in Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In October 2014, HMRC shared the main elements of the Building our Future vision with MPs and Assembly Members and HMRC has committed to keeping MPs and Assembly Members informed of the outcomes of these conversations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All HMRC staff members are invited to participate in Building our Future events and staff choose which event and location they attend. Over 85% of Wrexham staff attended the last set of events.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 650 651 652 question first answered 08/06/2015 14:41:49 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

347659

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	HM 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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 23 March 2015 to Question 228104, what progress his Department has made on the consultation process Building our Future, on HM Revenue and Customs reorganisation.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are continuing to discuss with their staff the locations of the future Regional Centres. They have however, told them how in-principle decisions will be made.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For Wales, HMRC has told staff that it believes that Cardiff is the most suitable location for a future Regional Centre in Wales, since it is already the biggest HMRC location in the country. However, no decisions have yet been made on the precise location or timing of a new HMRC Regional Centre in Cardiff or the nature and timing of impacts on other HMRC locations in Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In October 2014, HMRC shared the main elements of the Building our Future vision with MPs and Assembly Members and HMRC has committed to keeping MPs and Assembly Members informed of the outcomes of these conversations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All HMRC staff members are invited to participate in Building our Future events and staff choose which event and location they attend. Over 85% of Wrexham staff attended the last set of events.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 631 651 652 question first answered 08/06/2015 14:41:49 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

347660

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Wales
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 23 March 2015 to Question 228104, what the outcomes have been of the conversations his Department has had with hon. Members and Welsh Assembly Members on HM Revenue and Customs reorganisation since October 2014.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are continuing to discuss with their staff the locations of the future Regional Centres. They have however, told them how in-principle decisions will be made.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For Wales, HMRC has told staff that it believes that Cardiff is the most suitable location for a future Regional Centre in Wales, since it is already the biggest HMRC location in the country. However, no decisions have yet been made on the precise location or timing of a new HMRC Regional Centre in Cardiff or the nature and timing of impacts on other HMRC locations in Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In October 2014, HMRC shared the main elements of the Building our Future vision with MPs and Assembly Members and HMRC has committed to keeping MPs and Assembly Members informed of the outcomes of these conversations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All HMRC staff members are invited to participate in Building our Future events and staff choose which event and location they attend. Over 85% of Wrexham staff attended the last set of events.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 631 650 652 question first answered 08/06/2015 14:41:49 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

347661

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Wrexham
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 23 March 2015 to Question 228104, on which occasions he or other representatives of his Department met staff from the Wrexham HM Revenue and Customs office to discuss the future of that office; and what the outcomes were of those meetings.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are continuing to discuss with their staff the locations of the future Regional Centres. They have however, told them how in-principle decisions will be made.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For Wales, HMRC has told staff that it believes that Cardiff is the most suitable location for a future Regional Centre in Wales, since it is already the biggest HMRC location in the country. However, no decisions have yet been made on the precise location or timing of a new HMRC Regional Centre in Cardiff or the nature and timing of impacts on other HMRC locations in Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In October 2014, HMRC shared the main elements of the Building our Future vision with MPs and Assembly Members and HMRC has committed to keeping MPs and Assembly Members informed of the outcomes of these conversations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All HMRC staff members are invited to participate in Building our Future events and staff choose which event and location they attend. Over 85% of Wrexham staff attended the last set of events.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 631 650 651 question first answered 08/06/2015 14:41:49 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

347671

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will commission an independent audit of the economic costs and benefits of UK membership of the EU.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has a clear mandate to improve Britain’s relationship with the rest of the EU, and to reform the EU so that it creates jobs and increases living standards for all its citizens. The Government will hold an in/out referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU by the end of 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/06/2015 15:02:06 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

347695

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Prince of Wales: Income Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to subject to income tax the income HRH The Prince of Wales receives from the Duchy of Cornwall.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5">The Duchy of Cornwall is covered by Crown exemption. Since 1993, the Prince of Wales has voluntarily paid tax on income from the Duchy. The 2013 Memorandum of Understanding on Royal Taxation gives further details and is available on GOV.UK.</td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/06/2015 14:52:59 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

347395

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the efficiency of call-handling by HM Revenue and Customs.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) constantly monitors call handling performance and assesses its quality. In 2014/15, our advisers achieved a score of 97.1% for correctness of transaction, against a 95% target.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC also carries out a quarterly customer survey to determine how well we are performing against certain criteria. The results are published quarterly on GOV.UK:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-plan-indicators" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-plan-indicators</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/06/2015 14:44:08 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

347018

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to tackle tax avoidance and tax evasion.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is relentless in its crackdown on tax avoidance and evasion, taking a range of action to prevent such behaviour at the outset, and to detect and counter it effectively where it persists.<br><br>Since April 2010, the Government has invested more than £1 billion in HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to strengthen their powers in tackling avoidance and evasion and have made more than 40 changes to tax law, closing down loopholes and introducing major reforms to the UK tax system. <br><br>During the last Parliament, as a result of actions to tackle evasion, avoidance and non-compliance, HMRC are expected to have secured £100 billion in additional compliance revenue.<br><br>The Government has committed to raising at least £5 billion from measures to tackle evasion, avoidance and aggressive planning within the tax system. We will announce further details at the Budget.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/06/2015 14:58:42 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

347060

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax inspectors were employed by his Department in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are forecasting to deliver over £15 billion additional revenue by the end of 2013/2014 – growth from £8 billion in 2011-12 and they have made significant reduction in its debt balance. <br><br>In response to the two questions the number of HM Inspectors employed by HMRC since 2010 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>HM Inspectors employed in -HMRC </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HM Inspectors employed in Sheffield</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26274</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>302</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25030</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>288</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25455</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>319</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27164</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>465</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27935</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>493</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 201 question first answered 08/06/2015 14:50:37 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh