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1718238

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Office for Budget Responsibility: Forecasts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will establish an independent body to verify the accuracy of forecasts made by the Office for Budget Responsibility.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	26369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The OBR is required by legislation to publish an evaluation of its forecasts against outturn data each year, and in 2023 also published a working paper assessing its historic forecast performance since it was established. The paper showed that its GDP growth and borrowing forecasts were comparable to external forecasters, and more accurate than previous Treasury forecasts.</p><p> </p><p>The OBR is reviewed externally every five years.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 20/05/2024 12:42:58 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1718424

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Overseas Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken by his Department to process an A1 form was in each of the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	26395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>HMRC has taken steps to address the backlog of A1 certificate applications, have achieved their recovery strategy ahead of time and they are now achieving service levels</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 20/05/2024 14:17:01 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Baroness Keeley

1718425

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Overseas Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent members of staff were employed by HMRC to process applications for A1 forms in each of the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	26396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>HMRC has a dedicated team of trained staff members available to process A1 certificate applications. The staffing numbers are regularly reviewed and adjusted based on demand throughout the year. The Department has the capability to train existing colleagues from outside the A1 certificate team as needed to address priority areas.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 20/05/2024 14:19:35 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Baroness Keeley

1718444

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that individuals living overseas are paying tax debts.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	26584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>HMRC recognises the importance of ensuring taxpayers living overseas pay their tax debts like those living in the UK and has a dedicated team that manages the recovery of these debts. HMRC initially pursue overseas debts in the same way as UK debts where they will make attempts to contact the taxpayer through letters and phone calls.</p><p> </p><p>Where a taxpayer does not respond, HMRC have a number of Assistance in Collection agreements in place with various countries. These agreements are reciprocal and allow tax authorities to recover debts on each other’s behalf. That country will use the same recovery processes and powers they do to pursue their own debts.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 26585 question first answered 20/05/2024 15:38:39 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1718445

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to prioritise the recovery of tax debts for those who have moved overseas.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	26585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>HMRC recognises the importance of ensuring taxpayers living overseas pay their tax debts like those living in the UK and has a dedicated team that manages the recovery of these debts. HMRC initially pursue overseas debts in the same way as UK debts where they will make attempts to contact the taxpayer through letters and phone calls.</p><p> </p><p>Where a taxpayer does not respond, HMRC have a number of Assistance in Collection agreements in place with various countries. These agreements are reciprocal and allow tax authorities to recover debts on each other’s behalf. That country will use the same recovery processes and powers they do to pursue their own debts.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 26584 question first answered 20/05/2024 15:38:39 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1718446

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) efficiency of and (b) resources available to HMRC's tax recovery strategy.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	26586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>HMRC’s approach to debt is to strike a balance between doing everything it can to collect the debt in a timely manner and taking more robust action where taxpayers do not engage or refuse to pay. More information can be found in HMRC’s published tax debt strategy on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 20/05/2024 15:40:07 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1718472

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research and Development Tax Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2024 to Question 24673 on Research: Tax Allowances, whether HMRC monitors the number of unsuccessful R&D tax relief claims on an annual basis; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of HMRC's volume compliance approach on the number and proportion of claims from small and medium-sized enterprises that have been successful since 2022.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	26504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>HMRC continually monitors its compliance approach to R&amp;D tax reliefs, which is in line with their wider aim to help people get their tax right first time through education, improving our systems, and stepping in with proportionate, targeted responses where tax is at risk of going unpaid.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC undertake high-volume targeted activity to contact multiple customers who make similar mistakes, prompting them to correct the errors. Examples of this include trade sectors where HMRC do not generally see successful claims for R&amp;D.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 20/05/2024 14:20:59 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1717895

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers received national insurance relief as a result of employing veterans in financial year 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	26040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The number of employers who received National Insurance relief as a result of employing veterans in financial year 2022 to 2023 can be found online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 20/05/2024 14:30:26 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1717442

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Growth
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to leverage the positive growth momentum reported in the first quarter of 2024, particularly in sectors such as housing and recreation, to stimulate further economic expansion and job creation.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The government continues to pursue an ambitious policy agenda to increase growth and productivity across the economy.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside wider pro-growth measures announced at recent fiscal events, the Government is taking action in relation to housing and recreation. To ensure that people can live where they want to and meet the needs of the UK’s growing, cutting-edge industries, the Spring Budget allocated over £260 million to build more homes now. The Government also set out further detail on plans to support growth in Cambridge with long-term funding at the next Spending Review, to build on the success of the UK’s third most productive city.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also taking action to leverage growth in recreation. We have committed to the Creative Industries Sector Vision which sets out our vision for the sector to become an even greater growth engine, with a goal to support 1 million more creative jobs by 2030. At Spring Budget 2024, the Government announced a package that will provide over £1 billion in additional tax relief over the next five years.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/05/2024 13:56:57 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1717502

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Motor Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of (a) cars and (b) other vehicles used by his Department were made in Britain.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	25743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>HMT does not hold this information as it contracts the use of cars and vehicles from the Government Car Service operated by the Department of Transport.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 20/05/2024 15:35:19 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes