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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

747420

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 whether they intend that UK exporters will continue to have access to the Excise, Movement and Control System following Brexit; and if not, what system they intend to introduce to replace it.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>As negotiations on the terms of the UK’s exit from and future relationship with the EU have only just begun, no decisions or evaluations have been made about the continuing use of the Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS).</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are engaging closely with UK businesses and will consider any concerns they raise.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL385 HL386 question first answered 14/07/2017 12:18:14 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

747421

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 whether they have evaluated the potential effects on small businesses of losing access to the Excise, Movement and Control System.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>As negotiations on the terms of the UK’s exit from and future relationship with the EU have only just begun, no decisions or evaluations have been made about the continuing use of the Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS).</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are engaging closely with UK businesses and will consider any concerns they raise.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL384 HL386 question first answered 14/07/2017 12:18:14 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

747422

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 whether they have evaluated the potential impact on small businesses of losing access to the Excise, Movement and Control System.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>As negotiations on the terms of the UK’s exit from and future relationship with the EU have only just begun, no decisions or evaluations have been made about the continuing use of the Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS).</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are engaging closely with UK businesses and will consider any concerns they raise.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL384 HL385 question first answered 14/07/2017 12:18:14 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

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

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

747536

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	Credit Reference Agencies: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has made an assessment of the merits of granting credit reference agencies and authorised finance providers access to financial data in the VAT register.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	2425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 allows HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to share only non-financial data on VAT registered businesses.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is working to allow the secure sharing of VAT registration data with carefully vetted applicants to increase the availability of credit to small businesses.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/07/2017 15:49:49 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

747542

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, if his Department will recoup the capital invested by the Government in the European Investment Bank when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	2507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The question concerns the future relationship between the UK and the EIB. This is something that will be determined as part of the negotiations on the UK’s exit from the EU and the Government will not be giving a running commentary on these negotiations. However, the Prime Minister has made clear that as part of the negotiations on the UK exiting the EU, we will seek to determine a fair settlement of the UK’s rights and obligations as a departing member state.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/07/2017 16:02:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord