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1628161

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the time taken by HMRC s to respond to complaints raised by Members on behalf of their constituents.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
uin	185455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office asks all government departments to reply to 80 per cent of Ministerial correspondence within 20 working days.</p><p> </p><p>However, HMRC aims to reply to 80 per cent of Ministerial correspondence within 15 working days.</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office also publishes data on departmental performance in dealing with correspondence from MPs and peers on an annual basis.</p><p><em> </em></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers</em></a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/05/2023 07:51:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1565861

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Repayments
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 HMRC process refunds promptly for people owed payments following their self-assessment tax returns.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
uin	121098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>HMRC has a service level agreement to issue the majority of Self-assessment (SA) repayments in 15 working days. HMRC are currently achieving this level of service, and are issuing approximately 80 per cent within 10 days, although some repayments do take longer due to additional security and compliance checks.</p><p> </p><p>There is an automated process for issuing repayments resulting from the submission of online SA Returns so these will be issued when the returns are submitted, subject to any additional checks.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/01/2023 14:04:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1484909

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employees' Contributions and Pay: Wakefield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Wakefield constituency were (a) paying National Insurance contributions and (b) earning under £25,000 per year on 29 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
uin	27769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>In 2022-23 there are projected to be 2.2 million individuals paying individual National Insurance Contributions (Class 1, 2 or 4) and 3.0 million individuals with earnings under £25,000 in Yorkshire and the Humber, which includes the Parliamentary Constituency of Wakefield.</p><p> </p><p>These estimates are based on the 2019-20 Survey of Personal Incomes, projected using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility’s March 2022 Economic and Fiscal Outlook.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not publish this information at constituency level.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/07/2022 11:10:56 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1327853

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxpayer Protection Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what powers the Taxpayer Protection Task Force will have.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Imran Ahmad Khan
uin	7310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2021 answer text <p>The Taxpayer Protection Taskforce is made up of 1,265 FTE officers of HMRC, will be in place for 2021/22 through to 2022/23, and will extend and expand the number of people HMRC have deployed on compliance activity since HMRC had powers to investigate claims.</p><p>Officers will have access to, and apply where appropriate, the normal enquiry, penalty and information powers of HMRC. These include legal powers to carry out civil investigations into suspected CJRS fraud, which were granted when the Finance Act received Royal Assent on 22 July 2020.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/05/2021 13:54:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4841 label Biography information for Imran Ahmad Khan

1300515

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to increase funding for UK infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Imran Ahmad Khan
uin	913181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that businesses and infrastructure projects continue to have access to the finance they need.</p><p> </p><p>Government investment in economic infrastructure will be £27 billion in 2021-22. The Spring Budget set out further details on the new UK Infrastructure Bank.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/03/2021 12:44:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4841 label Biography information for Imran Ahmad Khan

1283076

registered interest
date	02/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stock Market: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of trading platforms blocking retail investors from trading GME and AMC stocks while hedge funds have been permitted to continue to trade freely.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Imran Ahmad Khan
uin	148049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is the UK’s financial markets conduct regulator and is responsible for protecting consumers, ensuring market integrity and promoting effective competition. As set out in the FCA’s statement of 29 January, broking firms are not obliged to offer trading facilities to clients and may withdraw or suspend services if it is necessary or prudent to do so. The FCA’s statement also said that they would take appropriate action wherever they see evidence of UK firms or individuals causing harm to UK consumers or markets.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that the pace and creativity of innovation in UK financial services creates new opportunities for businesses and consumers to participate in markets through technologies such as app-based platforms. However, investors should be aware that investing in securities comes with risks. The FCA’s statement of 29 January warned consumers that any losses that result from such investments are unlikely to be covered under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 08/02/2021 11:27:45 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4841 label Biography information for Imran Ahmad Khan

1227442

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) deferring the re-introduction of Crown Preference for 12 months and (b) capping the amount of reserves which will go to cover Crown Preference to a maximum of £1 million.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Imran Ahmad Khan
uin	78905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s reforms to HMRC’s preferential creditor status do<em> not </em>restore full “Crown Preference”. The Government has taken a proportionate approach, applying changes only to taxes paid in good faith by employees and customers, but held temporarily by the business, including Pay as You Earn (PAYE) Income Tax and VAT. This balances the interests of taxpayers, the Exchequer and other creditors. These reforms are not expected to have a significant impact on financial institutions, the lending market or the wider economy.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses have had ample time to prepare for the changes. These reforms were first announced in 2018, and implementation has already been delayed from April 2020 to December 2020. The tax businesses temporarily hold on behalf of their customers and staff is not business income. It is right that the reforms do not include a “cap”, but apply to all relevant tax debts held temporarily by the business.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/09/2020 14:51:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4841 label Biography information for Imran Ahmad Khan

1156151

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Coinage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether work has commenced on minting the 50 pence coin to mark the UK's exit from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	4962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>The Royal Mint has paused production of the coin to mark the UK’s exit from the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 29/10/2019 13:47:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh