Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1079566

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Mediation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many FTE staff employed by HMRC work on issues related to tax mediation in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	227384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is a voluntary, informal process in which an impartial HMRC mediator actively assists parties to work towards agreement of a tax dispute.</p><p> </p><p>ADR is one facet of a wider dispute resolution policy across HMRC. The following is specific information relating to the ADR function only and therefore only forms part of the dispute resolution landscape in HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>For the period 01/03/2018 to 01/03/2019 HMRC has received 1139 applications for ADR of which 515 were accepted with 69 awaiting a decision. There are 56 full time equivalents (FTE) employed directly on issues related to specialised tax mediation.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 227385 question first answered 06/03/2019 17:05:05 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1079567

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Dispute Resolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases dealt with by HMRC involved the application of alternative dispute resolution in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	227385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is a voluntary, informal process in which an impartial HMRC mediator actively assists parties to work towards agreement of a tax dispute.</p><p> </p><p>ADR is one facet of a wider dispute resolution policy across HMRC. The following is specific information relating to the ADR function only and therefore only forms part of the dispute resolution landscape in HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>For the period 01/03/2018 to 01/03/2019 HMRC has received 1139 applications for ADR of which 515 were accepted with 69 awaiting a decision. There are 56 full time equivalents (FTE) employed directly on issues related to specialised tax mediation.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 227384 question first answered 06/03/2019 17:05:05 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1079568

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
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, how many FTE staff employed by HMRC are working on issues related to international tax avoidance in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	227386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>HMRC’s work on tackling international tax avoidance and on issues related to overseas crown dependencies and territories takes place across a range of areas within HMRC; ranging from compliance activity, litigation through to policy making. The majority of tax compliance work relating to these areas takes place in its Customer Compliance Group. There are currently around 25,000 people working in HMRC tackling all forms of non-compliance in the tax system.</p><p>This flexible resource gives HMRC the capability to effectively tackle compliance risks. HMRC officers are a flexible resource and may work on a number of cases involving several different customer groups’ behaviours and risks at any one time.</p><p>As such it is not possible to say how many staff work solely on these two specific areas.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/03/2019 08:22:10 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1079569

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many FTE staff employed by HMRC are working on issues related to tackling smuggling in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	227387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>Border Force is responsible for tackling smuggling at the UK border. HMRC has staff that work closely with Border Force, and in the course of this joint working they will occasionally assist with anti-smuggling activity. HMRC is also responsible for the anti-fraud strategies that look to prevent the smuggling of excise goods such as tobacco, alcohol and oils, and for investigating smuggling offences. Given that HMRC compliance, analysis and investigation staff are charged with covering a wide range of activities, trying to identify the number who work on issues related to smuggling would require disproportionate effort. As a consequence the information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/03/2019 11:42:58 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1079574

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Cards: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has plans to reform the cap on interchange rate fees for card payments introduced in the Interchange Fee Regulation 2016 from a percentage cap to a flat rate of 50p per transaction.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	227415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is open to hearing views on this issue, and digital payments more broadly, as evidenced by its call for evidence on cash and digital payments in the new economy. Amongst other things, this explored how the Government can best support digital payments. The Government will formally respond to the call for evidence in due course.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 06/03/2019 15:24:01 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

1078519

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Company Cars: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to tackle the financial effect of the introduction of the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure on company car drivers.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	226551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>As the Worldwide harmonised Light vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP) aims to replicate real-world driving conditions more closely, it is expected that reported CO<sub>2</sub> values will increase.</p><p> </p><p>Through the review of WLTP and vehicle taxes, the government has engaged with stakeholders to determine the impact on tax liabilities and the UK’s environmental objectives.</p><p> </p><p>The review closed on 17 February and the responses are currently being analysed. The government has committed to publishing a response in the spring.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/03/2019 11:46:19 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1078651

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Department for International Trade on the importance of developing new aviation routes to new and emerging markets.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	226653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>The Treasury engages with the Department for International Trade on a regular and ongoing basis in support of trade in new and emerging markets, as well as trade with existing partners. The Treasury also engages with the Department for Transport on matters of aviation policy.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/03/2019 11:48:52 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1077549

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on the public purse of a delay to the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	226081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p><em>The Prime Minister has made clear that she does not want to see Article 50 extended, and the absolute focus of the Government is leaving the European Union on 29 March with a deal.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>We are currently focused on getting this deal passed by 12 March, and if that does not happen, the PM has set out the next steps.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>If Article 50 is delayed the fiscal impact will depend on the precise arrangements agreed with the EU at the time.</em></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 06/03/2019 15:13:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1077599

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Film: Corporation Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the film production companies in each geographical region that claimed corporation in the last financial year.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	226136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>Details of the film production companies that have claimed corporation tax relief cannot be released because of HMRC’s duty of taxpayer confidentiality.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes annual statistics on the creative industries corporation tax reliefs, including film, theatre, video games, high-end television, children’s television and animation. The latest release of this publication can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-july-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-july-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of these tax reliefs by geographic region is only available at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 226137 226138 226139 question first answered 06/03/2019 17:00:31 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1077600

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Theatre: Corporation Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many theatres in each geographic region of the UK claimed corporation tax relief in the last 12 months for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	226137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>Details of the film production companies that have claimed corporation tax relief cannot be released because of HMRC’s duty of taxpayer confidentiality.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes annual statistics on the creative industries corporation tax reliefs, including film, theatre, video games, high-end television, children’s television and animation. The latest release of this publication can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-july-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-statistics-july-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of these tax reliefs by geographic region is only available at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 226136 226138 226139 question first answered 06/03/2019 17:00:31 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd