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573582

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date	02/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of the planned closure of HM Revenue and Customs offices in Scotland on the administration of the Scottish rate of income tax.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	44529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) plans to create two new regional centres in Scotland in Glasgow and Edinburgh in 2019-20, accommodating between 5,700 and 6,300 full time equivalent posts by 2025. As work is transferred to the regional centres HMRC plans to close ten offices in Scotland by 2020. The changes are part of a ten-year transformation programme to deliver better public services at lower cost to the taxpayer. Scotland has 12 per cent of HMRC’s total workforce and that will not change with modernisation.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC believes that its responsibilities will be unaffected by the changes. Staff are receiving guidance and training to deal with any enquiries relating to the Scottish rate of income tax, as with any other tax issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 44531 question first answered 07/09/2016 14:58:28 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

573584

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) offices in Scotland the Government plans to close by 2020; and what changes there will be in the total number of HMRC employees working in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	44531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) plans to create two new regional centres in Scotland in Glasgow and Edinburgh in 2019-20, accommodating between 5,700 and 6,300 full time equivalent posts by 2025. As work is transferred to the regional centres HMRC plans to close ten offices in Scotland by 2020. The changes are part of a ten-year transformation programme to deliver better public services at lower cost to the taxpayer. Scotland has 12 per cent of HMRC’s total workforce and that will not change with modernisation.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC believes that its responsibilities will be unaffected by the changes. Staff are receiving guidance and training to deal with any enquiries relating to the Scottish rate of income tax, as with any other tax issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 44529 question first answered 07/09/2016 14:58:28 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

573695

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	British Indian Ocean Territory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the renewal of the lease on the Chagos Islands that ends on 31 December 2016; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	44535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government supports the US presence on Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory, and wishes it to continue. This presence is underpinned by an Exchange of Notes which will roll over automatically for a further 20 years if neither side decides to terminate it before 30 December this year.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 07/09/2016 15:48:57 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

573967

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Citizens Advice Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to increase funding to Citizens Advice Scotland in response to the transfer of social security powers to the Scottish Parliament by the Scotland Act 2016.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	44530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy provides Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) with core funding on behalf of all Whitehall Departments and the Scottish Government. This enables CAS to provide essential services to the Scottish network of Citizens Advice Bureaux and deliver advice on all manner of issues direct to Scottish citizens via its website.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to increase core funding across the current Spending Review period.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 07/09/2016 13:34:36 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

573968

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Citizens Advice Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what Ministerial oversight he plans to put in place of the implementation of the key findings and recommendations of the Citizens Advice Scotland Independent governance review, published on 27 July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	44528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy takes its responsibility for managing public money seriously and was deeply concerned by the issues raised in the independent governance review. Citizens Advice Scotland has since committed to taking concrete steps to instil robust governance and financial controls.</p><p> </p><p>My Department has agreed to continue funding on the basis that these changes are made and will report to me regularly on progress.</p><p> </p><p>Citizens Advice Scotland provides a vital service to the people of Scotland, as well high-quality support to vulnerable consumers throughout Britain. My Department will keep working with the Scottish Government and the organisation to improve governance and help make sure this continues.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 07/09/2016 13:38:09 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray