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1136089

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the proposals announced by the Prime Minister since 23 May 2019.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	911689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has made a number of announcements since 23 May, including on modern slavery and mental health. Where announcements have additional costs in 2019/20, they will be funded from existing departmental budgets.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 02/07/2019 12:45:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1136090

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment his Department has made of the short-term economic effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	911690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has prepared extensively for a range of Brexit scenarios.</p><p> </p><p>But even with these preparations, leaving with “No Deal” would entail significant disruption in the short term. And in the long-term, the government’s analysis shows clearly that regions, nations and sectors of the UK would have lower economic output compared to today’s arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 02/07/2019 14:11:29 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1136091

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Growth and Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What fiscal steps he is taking to increase (a) jobs and (b) economic growth.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	911691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>We have worked hard to build a stronger, fairer economy – dealing with the deficit, helping people into work, and cutting taxes for people, families, and businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The economy has grown continuously for the past nine years, employment is currently at a record high, unemployment is currently at the joint lowest rate since 1975, and real wages are rising.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/07/2019 15:23:45 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1136092

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Personal Savings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to increase incentives for people to save.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	911692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has introduced a range of measures to support savers.</p><p>We have increased the amount of money that people can save into their ISAs each year to a record £20,000 and introduced a Personal Savings Allowance of up to £1,000 for basic rate taxpayers and up to £500 for higher rate taxpayers.</p><p>Thanks to these measures, over 95% of people with savings income pay no tax on that income.</p><p> </p><p>The new Help to Save scheme is supporting working families on low incomes to build up a rainy-day fund by offering a 50% bonus on up to £50 of monthly saving.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 02/07/2019 14:13:36 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1136093

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What fiscal steps he is taking to grow the digital economy.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	911693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK's digital economy is thriving - growing ten times as fast as the wider economy - and we are pursuing a range of measures to reinforce its world-leading position. These include:</p><ul><li>Implementing a 10-year action plan to unlock over £20 billion to finance growth in innovative firms;</li><li>Committing a further £7 billion for research and development since 2016, with major investments in artificial intelligence and quantum technologies; and</li><li>Providing internationally competitive research and development tax reliefs to support investment.</li></ul><p>We are also embracing the opportunities presented by Distributed Ledger Technologies, including by:</p><ul><li>Investing over £10 million through Innovate UK and the research councils; and</li><li>Creating the £20 million GovTech Catalyst Fund, to explore technology-based solutions for public sector challenges.</li></ul> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/07/2019 15:33:01 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1135260

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Redundancy Pay: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will undertake a review of the tax exemption limit for cash redundancy payments; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	270318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government confirmed in Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 that the first £30,000 of all termination payments remain exempt from income tax.</p><p>The UK has one of the most generous tax exemptions for termination payments in the OECD, and around 80% of the termination awards made each year will remain completely free from income tax. The £30,000 threshold also exceeds the maximum statutory redundancy payment of £15,750.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to change the termination payments tax exempt threshold.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/07/2019 15:55:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1135285

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Israel) Order 2019
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when negotiations on the Double Taxation Relief and International Tax Enforcement (Israel) Order 2019 began.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	270418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government originally began negotiating the updated treaty in July 2008, with a second round of talks in March 2009. However, those negotiations stalled for a variety of reasons. Discussions about the updated treaty restarted in late 2015, and the Government recommenced formal negotiations in January 2017.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/07/2019 16:01:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1135286

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2019 to Question 247155 and with reference to the UK's tax treaties with Uruguay, Sweden and Slovenia containing non-discrimination clauses, why those countries are not included in the Government's list of jurisdictions with which the UK has a full tax treaty.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	270419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>Following a recent update to HMRC’s International Manual, which lists the countries with which the UK has a non-discrimination article, these three countries were inadvertently omitted. This was an oversight which has now been corrected. However, the treaties with Uruguay, Sweden and Slovenia have always been available on the gov.uk page that provides the full text of all of the UK’s treaties.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/07/2019 16:00:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1135287

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Treaties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax treaties are currently being negotiated.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	270420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK is currently actively negotiating, or will begin the first round of negotiations this year, with 11 jurisdictions. There are a further 13 jurisdictions with which we have begun negotiations but where progress has stalled for a variety of reasons, for example changes of government in the other country. We also continue our work to update the UK’s treaty network to reflect the minimum standards from the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) initiative, which includes working with our treaty partners to introduce the Multilateral Instrument (MLI) to implement tax treaty related measures to prevent BEPS.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/07/2019 16:02:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1135288

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Treaties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department are working on tax treaties.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	270421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The HMRC Tax Treaty Team is responsible for negotiating treaties, as well as providing technical and procedural advice on their implementation. The team is led by an SCS and has one manager, five technical/policy leads responsible for negotiating treaties and providing advice, and 5 support staff. Other officials are also involved in specific issues related to treaties across HMRC, as well as in HM Treasury, the FCO and other government departments.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/07/2019 16:04:30 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds