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100996

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to provide a live online service by which citizens may obtain a reminder of their National Insurance number.
tabling member printed	Lord Tyler
uin	HL2452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs are exploring options for what information could be presented to an authenticated customer via on online service as part of a digital tax account. The digital tax account is a key component of HMRC’s Digital Strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 10/11/2014 18:05:51 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	225 label Biography information for Lord Tyler

101006

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	EU Budget: Contributions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the approval of the House of Commons will be sought before the £1.7 billion additional contributions to the European Union are paid.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL2462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Own Resources payments requested by the European Union can be made by HM Treasury under the European Communities (Finance) Act 2008.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister, in his statement to the House of Commons on 27 October, was clear that the Government will not pay the amount requested on 1 December and will challenge this in every way possible.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 10/11/2014 17:43:11 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

101007

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	EU Budget: Contributions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what effect they expect the request from the European Union for a further payment of £1.7 billion to the European Union budget will have on the Autumn Statement and the 2015 United Kingdom budget; and whether, if paid, it will be financed from additional taxation or by further borrowing.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL2463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government adopts the independent Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) fiscal and economic forecasts as the official forecasts for the Budget and Autumn Statement Report.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister, in his statement to the House of Commons on 27 October, was clear that Britain will not pay the amount requested on 1 December and will challenge this in every way possible.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 10/11/2014 17:44:25 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

101028

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Merseyside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children aged eight to 17 years old there are in Merseyside in households in receipt of working tax credit and earning below £16,000.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	212143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2014 answer text As of April 2014, there were 37,100 children aged eight to seventeen years old in families from the Merseyside Local Authority area in receipt of Working Tax Credit with a household income below £16,000.<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>This figure includes children from families in receipt of both Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit. Not all families included in this figure will have received the same level of entitlement, as the Working Tax Credit element is tapered away if the household income is greater than £6,420.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 13/11/2014 13:22:32 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

101044

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2012 to Question 292135, what was the average tax paid by those people in each of the top (a) 10, (b) five, (c) one, (d) 0.1 and (e) 0.01 per cent of the population.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Mr Michael Meacher
uin	212142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>The proportion of total income accounted for by the top 10, 5 and 1 per cent of UK taxpayers by income can be found in table 2.4 'Share of total income (before and after tax) and income tax for percentile groups', available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/income-tax-statistics-and-distributions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/income-tax-statistics-and-distributions</a></p><p> </p><p>The number and average income of taxpayers in each group can be determined from the above together with table 2.5 'Income Tax liabilities, by income range', with reference to the total number of taxpayers and their income stated on this table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 19/11/2014 14:04:17 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	454 label Biography information for Mr Michael Meacher

101045

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bitcoin
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance he has issued to vendors accepting digital currencies as payment for goods and services.
tabling member constituency	Fareham
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hoban
uin	212138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer has not issued guidance to vendors accepting digital currencies as payment for goods and services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In August 2014 the Chancellor announced the Government would undertake a major programme of work looking at the benefits and risks of digital currencies, and look into whether they could or should be regulated.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/11/2014 14:06:13 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1414 label Biography information for Mr Mark Hoban

101046

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Community Amateur Sports Clubs Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish draft regulations for community amateur sports clubs; and what his policy is on when those regulations will come into force.
tabling member constituency	Maldon
tabling member printed	Mr John Whittingdale
uin	212158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Draft new regulations for Community Amateur Sports Club scheme were published by HM Revenue &amp; Customs on 9 October. A consultation document explaining how the new regulations will work was published at the same time. The consultation will close on 5 November.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The new regulations are expected to come into force on 1 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC will register a club as a Community Amateur Sports Club from the beginning of the accounting period in which the club applied for registration if the club is eligible for Community Amateur Sports Club status under the new regulations and met all conditions of the scheme at the time their application was submitted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 212159 question first answered 03/11/2014 14:51:46 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale

101047

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Community Amateur Sports Clubs Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his policy that sports clubs qualifying for community amateur sports clubs status under proposed regulations will be able to backdate that status to the date of application.
tabling member constituency	Maldon
tabling member printed	Mr John Whittingdale
uin	212159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Draft new regulations for Community Amateur Sports Club scheme were published by HM Revenue &amp; Customs on 9 October. A consultation document explaining how the new regulations will work was published at the same time. The consultation will close on 5 November.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The new regulations are expected to come into force on 1 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC will register a club as a Community Amateur Sports Club from the beginning of the accounting period in which the club applied for registration if the club is eligible for Community Amateur Sports Club status under the new regulations and met all conditions of the scheme at the time their application was submitted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 212158 question first answered 03/11/2014 14:51:47 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale

101048

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Corporation Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) company headquarters and (b) jobs have been reshored in the UK since the reduction in corporation tax rates.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	211930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>Supporting businesses and helping them to invest, create jobs and to grow is a key part of the Government’s long term economic plan. Since 2010 we have already cut Corporation Tax (CT) from 28% to 21%, and next year it will fall to 20% - the joint lowest rate in the G20. The Government has also cut the small profits rate to 20%. Overall these CT cuts for large and small firms will be worth £9.5bn a year to business by 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has not estimated the number of jobs reshored.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work to ensure that the tax system in the UK remains competitive and enables us to attract business investment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 04/11/2014 16:46:42 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

101049

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in each region earn between the 2014-15 higher rate threshold and £55,000.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Robert Neill
uin	211931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of individuals with total income between £41,865 (higher rate threshold) and £55,000 by each Government office region in 2014-15 is projected to be:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Taxpayers (thousands)</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West and Merseyside</p></td><td><p>251</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>421</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>441</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>215</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>2,590</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table note:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Projected estimates for 2014-15 is based upon the 2011-12 Survey of Personal Incomes using economic assumptions consistent with the OBR’s March 2014 economic and fiscal outlook.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Some UK taxpayers reside abroad, or their region is not known. Therefore, the sum of taxpayer numbers across countries and regions will not match the UK summary.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/11/2014 17:27:52 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill