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1239197

registered interest
date	30/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances
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 September 2020 to Question 95206 on Tax allowances, how much additional funding will be allocated to HMRC for the monitoring and evaluation of tax reliefs.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	97697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>The amount of additional funding allocated to HM Revenue &amp; Customs for the monitoring and evaluation of tax reliefs will be determined through the outcome of the funding settlement agreed between HM Treasury and HM Revenue &amp; Customs, as part of the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review 2020.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/10/2020 15:15:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1238294

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many policy evaluations of non-structural tax reliefs have been undertaken by (a) HMRC and (b) his Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	96182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>HMRC carry out evaluations either internally or through external contracts to evaluate the effectiveness of reliefs. HMRC have published evaluations of 15 tax reliefs since 2015. The reliefs evaluated account for over £11 billion of the total cost of reliefs as estimated in 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s response to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report “Management of tax reliefs” was published on 28 September. This outlines the approach and commitments the Government has made on the monitoring and evaluation of tax reliefs. This includes new commitments to define and publish criteria for determining which reliefs to evaluate, to put in place a more structured programme of internal evaluation, and to aim to publish more of this internal analysis.</p><p> </p><p>HMT and HMRC work in policy partnership to consider the effectiveness of policies as part of continuing policy maintenance and development, which forms the foundation of evidence-based advice to ministers. They do this as part of the fiscal event cycle, where tax policy changes are decided and put forward by ministers, voted on by Parliament, and legislated for through the Finance Bill.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/10/2020 14:34:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1237512

registered interest
date	24/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances
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 review the (a) effectiveness, (b) equity and (c) value for money of non-structural tax reliefs.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	95206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s response to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report “Management of tax reliefs” was published on 28 September. This outlines the approach and commitments the Government has made regarding the monitoring and evaluation of tax reliefs. The Government has said it will consider development of a methodology for assessing the value for money of tax reliefs. This work will support the Government’s ambition for a fair and sustainable tax system.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/09/2020 16:23:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1052344

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January to Question 213405, what the total value of tax reliefs recorded by HMRC was in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014, (f) 2015, (g) 2016, (h) 2017 and (i) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	215207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>HMRC publishes statistics relating to estimates of the cost of tax reliefs annually:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-relief-statistics</p><p> </p><p>However it is misleading to simply add up the cost of reliefs’ estimates in this table for various reasons:</p><ol><li><p>Each relief is costed separately, but in many cases simply adding up these individual costs would not give the true combined cost of the reliefs.</p></li><li><p>These figures should be regarded as broad estimates as the loss of revenue from a tax relief cannot be directly observed and so the estimates are often based on simplified assumptions.</p></li><li><p>One table lists reliefs for which there is insufficient data available on which to base any reasonable estimate. In some cases, the costs of reliefs cannot be reliably estimated because there is insufficient available information and the cost of collecting the necessary data or the burden imposed on taxpayers would be disproportionate.</p></li><li><p>The figures do not allow for behavioural changes which could result from changes to the generosity of the reliefs. In practice, if a relief was withdrawn, taxpayer’s behaviour would often alter so the actual yield from withdrawing a relief could be very different from, and often much smaller than the estimate shown.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/02/2019 16:28:23 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1050239

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax reliefs HMRC recorded in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014, (f) 2015, (g) 2016, (h) 2017 and (i) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	213405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of tax reliefs published by HMRC annually are shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Published</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2010</p></td><td><p>397</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2011</p></td><td><p>394</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2012</p></td><td><p>400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2013</p></td><td><p>398</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2014</p></td><td><p>404</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2015</p></td><td><p>402</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2016</p></td><td><p>421</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>424</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The next publication is due at 0930 on 31<sup>st</sup> January 2019.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 31/01/2019 15:47:55 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

887229

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 April 2018 to Question 135470, what the total figure is for all of the minor tax reliefs that his Department considers to be negligible.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	136793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>HMRC publishes statistics on the estimated costs of minor tax reliefs available on Gov.uk. Where the cost of reliefs are estimated to be negligible (‘neg’), the cost is believed to be less than £3m per year. Precise estimates are not available for some of these reliefs and therefore a total figure across negligible reliefs is not held.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 24/04/2018 16:33:56 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

882408

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2018 to Questions 130023, 130025, 130026, 130027, 130028, 130029 and 130030, what figure his Department uses for tax reliefs to estimate the cost to the Exchequer is negligible.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	135470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>In the “Estimated cost of minor tax reliefs” publication, figures are rounded to the nearest £5 million. Costs of less than £3 million are considered negligible for the figures used to answer Questions 130023, 130025, 130026, 130027, 130028, 130029 and 130030.</p><p> </p><p>The “Estimated cost of minor tax reliefs” publication can be accessed using the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/689452/Dec_17_Minor_Reliefs_Final_Revised.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/689452/Dec_17_Minor_Reliefs_Final_Revised.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 18/04/2018 13:50:18 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

868363

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to review current avenues for claiming tax relief.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	133583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>There are currently a number of ways to claim tax relief, depending on the tax involved and the tax status of the customer. As HM Revenue and Customs is transforming its services digitally, it is exploring opportunities to streamline and improve the ways its customers can claim the tax reliefs that Parliament intends.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 28/03/2018 10:29:48 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

748621

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on raising the tax-free personal allowance to £12,500 by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	3232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We have committed to raising the personal allowance to £12,500 and the path to meeting this commitment will be set out, funded and legislated for at future fiscal events.</p><p> </p><p>This April, the government took a significant step towards meeting this commitment; the personal allowance has increased from £11,000 to £11,500. 1.3 million people on the lowest incomes were taken out of income tax altogether, and a typical basic rate taxpayer will pay over £1,000 less income tax than in 2010-11.</p><p> </p><p>This, alongside changes to the higher rate threshold, has benefitted over 31 million individuals since the start of the last parliament.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 10/07/2017 11:08:08 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

707634

registered interest
date	03/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to ensure everyone receives a tax-free personal allowance.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	66511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>All taxpayers with incomes below £100,000 will currently receive an income tax personal allowance, and therefore will have benefitted from the sustained increases to this allowance since 2010. Next month, the personal allowance will rise to £11,500, cutting income tax for 31 million people, including taking 1.3 million of the lowest paid out of income tax altogether, compared to 2015-16.</p><p>The Personal Allowance taper was introduced by the last Labour government. While the Government recognises that this feature of the income tax system can cause high marginal tax rates, it is required to address the continued pressure on the public finances. We have however, taken action to improve work incentives across the tax and welfare system where possible, including by raising the income tax higher rate threshold to £45,000, cutting the top rate of income tax to 45p, and reducing the Universal Credit taper rate.</p><p>We will continue to keep this feature of the tax system under review, in the context of our wider fiscal plans.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/03/2017 17:24:07 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies