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1137523

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Finance
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 increase protection for small businesses taking out finance.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	274603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>On 1 April 2019 the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) widened eligibility to take a complaint to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) to include ‘small businesses’ who have:</p><ol><ol><li><p>an annual turnover of less than £6.5m; and</p></li><li><p>an annual balance sheet total of less than £5m; or</p></li><li><p>fewer than 50 employees.</p><p>‘Micro-enterprises’ were already eligible, and over 99% of businesses are now within the remit of the FOS. The FCA also increased the maximum FOS award limit to £350,000.</p><p> </p><p>The banking industry have also committed to establishing a new Dispute Resolution Service to resolve both future complaints from businesses with a turnover between £6.5m and £10m, and unresolved historic complaints.</p></li></ol></ol> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/07/2019 09:50:39 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1137525

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking through the business rate system to support large retailers that act as anchor stores.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	274605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>From April 2018 the Government switched the annual indexation of the business rates multiplier from RPI to the lower rate of CPI inflation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This change is worth almost £6bn over the next five years and benefits all ratepayers, large and small.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also increasing the frequency of property revaluations, from every five years to every three, so that bills are fairer and more closely reflect properties’ current rental values.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/07/2019 08:35:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1137526

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Funerals: Pre-payment
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 improve the protection of funds held by companies for prepaid funerals.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	274606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury launched a call for evidence on the regulation of pre-paid funeral plans in June 2018. The call for evidence has confirmed that consumer detriment is present in the pre-paid funeral plan sector and that there is broad demand for the sector to come under compulsory regulation.</p><p> </p><p>Consequently, the government intends to bring the pre-paid funeral plan market within the remit of the Financial Conduct Authority and is currently consulting on the proposed legislative framework to implement this proposal. This will allow the FCA to establish a robust regulatory regime which will apply to all funeral plan providers, and improve protection for consumers.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/07/2019 09:53:01 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1129320

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the 1 February 2019 Local Government Association's news article entitled £8 billion funding black hole by 2025 will swallow up popular council services, dated 1 February 2019, what representations his Department has received on funding for local government in the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	259376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>As Chief Secretary to the Treasury, I regularly hear from councils across the country on matters related to local government funding. I have also attended events organised by the sector to discuss local government funding.</p><p> </p><p>Future funding for local government will be considered at the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/06/2019 10:46:14 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1006896

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gaming Machines: Excise Duties
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 value of tax receipts as a result of the decision to delay reducing the Fixed Odds Betting Terminal stake.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	191444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>As the Chancellor set out to the Treasury Select Committee on 5 November, changes to Fixed Odds Betting Terminals and Remote Gaming Duty will be implemented simultaneously. This ensures that regardless of when changes to Fixed Odds Betting Terminals and Remote Gaming Duty are implemented, there will be no significant change to the exchequer impact.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/11/2018 13:41:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

987916

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Home Shopping: Taxation
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 merits of introducing an internet or online sales tax.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	179285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has made clear through HM Treasury position papers that international corporate tax rules need to be updated to reflect the value digital businesses create value.</p><p> </p><p>Pending global reform those papers also set out the Government’s receptiveness to exploring interim measures to tax certain digital businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also provided support for all businesses through, for example, reforms and reductions to business rates worth over £10bn by 2023.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 18/10/2018 12:58:53 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

932180

registered interest
date	28/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Transport: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding, in real terms, has been allocated from the public purse to transport infrastructure in the north of England in each year since 1993.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	158790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2018 answer text <p>Information on funding allocated from the public purse to transport infrastructure in the north of England in each year since 1993 is not available. However, estimates of capital expenditure including transport by country and region are available.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury published the Country and Regional Analysis of public expenditure in November 2017 featuring capital and current functional expenditure by region for the five-years of outturn from 2012-13 to 2016-17. These are available in table A.8e. A link to the HM Treasury data are available below. Click on the further link to the ‘A’ tables:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>For a longer time series the ONS have published country and regional public sector finances in May 2017. The dataset shows public expenditure by functions that include transport by each region from 1999-2000 to 2015-16. A link to ONS data are available here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/datasets/countryandregionalpublicsectorfinancesexpendituretables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/datasets/countryandregionalpublicsectorfinancesexpendituretables</a></p><p> </p><p>Both the HMT and ONS datasets are in nominal terms.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/07/2018 13:09:47 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

789982

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Appleby: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has taken legal steps to obtain information held by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists relating to the Paradise papers.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	113170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>HMRC does not have power to acquire journalistic material held overseas and, therefore, is unable to obtain the information held by the ICIJ ‎known as the Paradise Papers. However, HMRC has requested access to the material that has been provided by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists to the BBC and <em>The Guardian</em>. HMRC has also encouraged these organisations to pass on any information that points to wrongdoing and are prepared to look at every allegation in full.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/11/2017 14:25:03 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

789983

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were charged with tax evasion in each year from 2010 to date; and how many of those people served a custodial sentence as a result of that tax evasion.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	113172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs is not itself a prosecuting authority. All prosecutions have to be authorised by the relevant independent prosecuting authority, which for England and Wales would be the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS); for Scotland, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS); and for Northern Ireland, the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPSNI).</p><p> </p><p>The custodial sentences handed down in a particular financial year may be in respect of charging decisions made in previous years, due to the length of time individuals can take to proceed through the judicial system from charging decision to outcome. They therefore do not correlate directly to the number of charging decisions in that financial year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Positive Charging Decisions</p></td><td><p>Number of Custodial Sentences Handed Down</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>501</p></td><td><p>241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>739</p></td><td><p>227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>880</p></td><td><p>241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1254</p></td><td><p>247</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1067</p></td><td><p>272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>1067</p></td><td><p>292</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/11/2017 14:37:39 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

782642

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a list of the HM Revenue and Customs offices scheduled for closure.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	111060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>A schedule of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) office closures was placed in the Library of the House in August 2016. HMRC will place an updated version there in due course.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/11/2017 16:42:45 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon