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747382

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many people, who at the time of issue of their National Insurance number were recorded as being of (1) Romanian nationality, and (2) Bulgarian nationality, were known to (a) the Real Time Information system, and (b) the self assessment system, by HM Revenue and Customs, in the financial year 2015–16.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The information is not available as the nationality of individuals is not a reporting requirement of PAYE Real-Time Information or the Self-Assessment system.</p><p> </p><p>The latest information on the National Insurance number allocations to adult overseas nationals including Bulgarians and Romanians has been published by the Department for Work and Pensions on GOV.UK[1].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-insurance-number-allocations-to-adult-overseas-nationals-to-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-insurance-number-allocations-to-adult-overseas-nationals-to-march-2017</a></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 13/07/2017 16:18:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

747499

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the UK economy of the UK leaving the EU's Common Commercial Policy and Common External Tariff without a customs agreement between the UK and the EU.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	2365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The government has undertaken a significant amount of work to assess the economic impact of leaving the EU. This is part of our continued programme of rigorous and extensive analytical work on a range of scenarios on a sector by sector basis.</p><p> </p><p>We want to conclude a deep and special partnership with the European Union. This includes pursuing a new customs agreement that allows for the freest possible trade in goods and services between the UK and EU member states.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/07/2017 14:02:33 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

747500

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Economic Situation: Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the economy of reducing net immigration to the tens of thousands.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	2363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Treasury has not made any formal assessment of the effect on the economy of reducing net migration to the tens of thousands.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 11/07/2017 14:42:48 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

747501

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect on the UK economy of a customs agreement with the EU that includes participation in the Common External Tariff and Common Commercial Policy.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	2364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The government has undertaken a significant amount of work to assess the economic impact of leaving the EU. This is part of our continued programme of rigorous and extensive analytical work on a range of scenarios on a sector by sector basis.</p><p>We want to conclude a deep and special partnership with the European Union. This includes pursuing a new customs agreement that allows for the freest possible trade in goods and services between the UK and EU member states.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/07/2017 14:03:33 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

747502

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral evidence from the Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to the Public Accounts Committee on the HMRC estate on 25 January 2017, Q14, HC 891, which eight principles HMRC used to determine the location of its regional centres.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	2583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) established a clear set of eight location principles to determine the location of its regional centres. These were:</p><ul><li>· Sustainable large sites – having the capacity to hold all HMRC’s requirements for the region in a single building, ideally accommodating no less than 1,500 staff.</li><li>· Talent pipeline – offering access to a pipeline of future talent, with the skills HMRC needs, for example, close to universities and colleges.</li><li>· Single location career paths – offering the chance to build careers and skills to a senior level in a number of professions in a single location without the need to move.</li><li>· Catchment for a mix of business activity – the right grouping of existing teams to allow a diverse mix of business activities to be brought together in the same place.</li><li>· Digital infrastructure – having high capacity, high speed digital infrastructure and mobile networks to benefit customers and staff.</li><li>· Facilities for HMRC’s people – access to good housing, schools and recreational facilities, so HMRC can recruit and retain staff.</li><li>· Market rates- delivering good value for money in property and labour costs.</li><li>· Robust long-term infrastructure – locations with the right infrastructure for the long term such as strong transport links within the region and nationally.</li></ul><p>HMRC values its people and wants as many as possible to move with the work to the regional centres. In addition to the eight location principles, it looked at where its staff live and initially assessed more than 40 of its existing medium to large sized locations against the principles as possible regional centres. These included: Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Chatham, Chesterfield, Dover, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Grimsby, Harwich, Ipswich, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Maidstone, Manchester, Newcastle, Northampton, Nottingham, Peterborough, Peterlee, Preston, Plymouth, Reading, Redruth, Sheffield, Shipley, Solent (including Portsmouth), Southend-on-Sea, Stockton-on –Tees, Taunton, Telford, Workington, Worthing, Wrexham. For areas where a particular town was part of a conurbation, the conurbation was assessed as part of those listed above, for example Sunderland and Washington as part of Newcastle.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s Programme Business Case has received approval from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 2581 2582 question first answered 11/07/2017 16:01:06 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

747503

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Location
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral evidence from the Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to the Public Accounts Committee on the HMRC estate on 25 January 2017, Question 14, HC891, which locations HMRC initially considered as possible regional centres.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	2581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) established a clear set of eight location principles to determine the location of its regional centres. These were:</p><ul><li>· Sustainable large sites – having the capacity to hold all HMRC’s requirements for the region in a single building, ideally accommodating no less than 1,500 staff.</li><li>· Talent pipeline – offering access to a pipeline of future talent, with the skills HMRC needs, for example, close to universities and colleges.</li><li>· Single location career paths – offering the chance to build careers and skills to a senior level in a number of professions in a single location without the need to move.</li><li>· Catchment for a mix of business activity – the right grouping of existing teams to allow a diverse mix of business activities to be brought together in the same place.</li><li>· Digital infrastructure – having high capacity, high speed digital infrastructure and mobile networks to benefit customers and staff.</li><li>· Facilities for HMRC’s people – access to good housing, schools and recreational facilities, so HMRC can recruit and retain staff.</li><li>· Market rates- delivering good value for money in property and labour costs.</li><li>· Robust long-term infrastructure – locations with the right infrastructure for the long term such as strong transport links within the region and nationally.</li></ul><p>HMRC values its people and wants as many as possible to move with the work to the regional centres. In addition to the eight location principles, it looked at where its staff live and initially assessed more than 40 of its existing medium to large sized locations against the principles as possible regional centres. These included: Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Chatham, Chesterfield, Dover, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Grimsby, Harwich, Ipswich, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Maidstone, Manchester, Newcastle, Northampton, Nottingham, Peterborough, Peterlee, Preston, Plymouth, Reading, Redruth, Sheffield, Shipley, Solent (including Portsmouth), Southend-on-Sea, Stockton-on –Tees, Taunton, Telford, Workington, Worthing, Wrexham. For areas where a particular town was part of a conurbation, the conurbation was assessed as part of those listed above, for example Sunderland and Washington as part of Newcastle.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s Programme Business Case has received approval from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 2582 2583 question first answered 11/07/2017 16:01:06 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

747504

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral evidence from the Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to the Public Accounts Committee on the HMRC estate on 25 January 2017, Question 4, HC891, on what date ministerial approval was given for HMRC's strategic outline case for regional centres; and if he will make a statement before the summer recess.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	2582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) established a clear set of eight location principles to determine the location of its regional centres. These were:</p><ul><li>· Sustainable large sites – having the capacity to hold all HMRC’s requirements for the region in a single building, ideally accommodating no less than 1,500 staff.</li><li>· Talent pipeline – offering access to a pipeline of future talent, with the skills HMRC needs, for example, close to universities and colleges.</li><li>· Single location career paths – offering the chance to build careers and skills to a senior level in a number of professions in a single location without the need to move.</li><li>· Catchment for a mix of business activity – the right grouping of existing teams to allow a diverse mix of business activities to be brought together in the same place.</li><li>· Digital infrastructure – having high capacity, high speed digital infrastructure and mobile networks to benefit customers and staff.</li><li>· Facilities for HMRC’s people – access to good housing, schools and recreational facilities, so HMRC can recruit and retain staff.</li><li>· Market rates- delivering good value for money in property and labour costs.</li><li>· Robust long-term infrastructure – locations with the right infrastructure for the long term such as strong transport links within the region and nationally.</li></ul><p>HMRC values its people and wants as many as possible to move with the work to the regional centres. In addition to the eight location principles, it looked at where its staff live and initially assessed more than 40 of its existing medium to large sized locations against the principles as possible regional centres. These included: Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Chatham, Chesterfield, Dover, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Grimsby, Harwich, Ipswich, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Maidstone, Manchester, Newcastle, Northampton, Nottingham, Peterborough, Peterlee, Preston, Plymouth, Reading, Redruth, Sheffield, Shipley, Solent (including Portsmouth), Southend-on-Sea, Stockton-on –Tees, Taunton, Telford, Workington, Worthing, Wrexham. For areas where a particular town was part of a conurbation, the conurbation was assessed as part of those listed above, for example Sunderland and Washington as part of Newcastle.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s Programme Business Case has received approval from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 2581 2583 question first answered 11/07/2017 16:01:06 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

747523

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	European Investment Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much financial support the European Investment Bank has contributed to the UK economy in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	2441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The EIB publishes details of all their projects on their website. Financing details of all projects for each of the past 10 years can be found in the link below</p><p> </p><p>http://www.eib.org/projects/loan/list/?region=1&amp;country=GB</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/07/2017 14:06:25 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

747528

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have invested through the (a) Enterprise Investment Scheme, (b) Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme and (c) venture capital trusts in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	2437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>HMRC regularly publishes statistics on usage of the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), and Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs). The statistics can be accessed at:</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics</p><p> </p><p>These statistics provide information on the number of investors per year in SEIS, EIS and VCTs, up to 2014-15. They provide information on the amount of investment through the schemes, up to 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>They also provide information on the number of companies receiving investment through SEIS and EIS, up to 2015-16. Information is not available on the number of companies receiving investment from VCTs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 2438 2439 question first answered 10/07/2017 11:25:31 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

747529

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was invested through (a) the Enterprise Investment Scheme, (b) the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme and (c) venture capital trusts in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	2438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>HMRC regularly publishes statistics on usage of the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), and Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs). The statistics can be accessed at:</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/enterprise-investment-scheme-and-seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-statistics</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/venture-capital-trusts-statistics</p><p> </p><p>These statistics provide information on the number of investors per year in SEIS, EIS and VCTs, up to 2014-15. They provide information on the amount of investment through the schemes, up to 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>They also provide information on the number of companies receiving investment through SEIS and EIS, up to 2015-16. Information is not available on the number of companies receiving investment from VCTs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 2437 2439 question first answered 10/07/2017 11:25:31 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves