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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

691773

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
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 the cost to the public purse will be of the decision to keep salary sacrifice schemes in place for school fees for each year until 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	64682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>The new rules for salary sacrifice schemes include a longer transitional period for school fees, cars and accommodation than other benefits-in-kind. This reflects the longer contractual arrangements that normally apply to these benefits. If there were no protection for school fees, the Exchequer yield would have been approximately £10m higher in 2017-18, a figure which reduces each year to 2020/21.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 23/02/2017 15:51:57 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

677453

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
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, how many (a) people or (b) businesses received each tax relief listed in the HM Revenue and Customs document Estimated Costs of Principal Tax Reliefs, published on 30 December 2016, in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	61133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs publishes statistics providing estimates of the cost of tax reliefs for 2012-13 to 2016-17 for principal and minor tax reliefs. Information on the number of people or businesses who claim these reliefs is not available for the full list of reliefs in these tables.</p><p> </p><p>The bulletin that accompanies the tables has recently been extended to provide links to other statistical information on tax reliefs. In some cases this includes numbers of claimants, where this is currently available. This is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/579690/Dec16_Reliefs_bulletin_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/579690/Dec16_Reliefs_bulletin_Final.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 61243 question first answered 26/01/2017 11:08:53 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

677455

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
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, how many (a) people and (b) businesses benefitted from each tax relief listed in HM Revenue and Custom's publication of 30 December 2016, entitled Minor Tax Expenditures and Structural Reliefs in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	61243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs publishes statistics providing estimates of the cost of tax reliefs for 2012-13 to 2016-17 for principal and minor tax reliefs. Information on the number of people or businesses who claim these reliefs is not available for the full list of reliefs in these tables.</p><p> </p><p>The bulletin that accompanies the tables has recently been extended to provide links to other statistical information on tax reliefs. In some cases this includes numbers of claimants, where this is currently available. This is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/579690/Dec16_Reliefs_bulletin_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/579690/Dec16_Reliefs_bulletin_Final.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 61133 question first answered 26/01/2017 11:08:53 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

674428

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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, how much has accrued to the public purse through the removal of personal allowances for annual incomes in excess of £100,000 in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth West
tabling member printed	Conor Burns
uin	60464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>The taper of the Personal Allowance for those earning above £100,000 is estimated to have accrued £2.7 billion in income tax in 2015-16, £2.4 billion in 2014-15 and £2.2 billion in 2013-14. Changes to the tax system affecting high income individuals involve significant behavioural responses which can impact revenues from such measures.</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, the continued pressure on the public finances mean that the Government has been unable to remove it to date.</p><p>The estimates in this response are based on the 2013-14 Survey of Personal Incomes, projected to 2015-16 using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility’s November 2016 Economic and Fiscal Outlook.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 25/01/2017 15:30:55 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns