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61585

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are registered as self-employed in each region and constituent part of the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	200518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>Estimates of the numbers of individuals with self employment sources for each region of the UK in the year 2011-12 are provided in the table attached.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Self-employed<br> (thousands)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> North East </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 158 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> North West and Merseyside </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 497 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Yorkshire and the Humber </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 402 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> East Midlands </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 352 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> West Midlands </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 418 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> East of England </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 556 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> London </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 883 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> South East </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 844 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> South West </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 559 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Wales </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 240 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Scotland </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 368 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Northern Ireland </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 177 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Address abroad </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 34 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> All UK </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 5,490</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>These estimates are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes for 2011-12 which is the latest year available.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/06/2014 15:01:36 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

61589

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Highways Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 8 May 2014, Official Report, column 298W, on Highways Agency, what the (a) criteria and (b) procedures are for considering the extension of the provisions of section 41(3) of the VAT Act 1994 to a new body.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	200463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p><strong>Section 41(3) of the VAT Act 1994 applies to Government departments and health authorities. It is governed by a Treasury Direction. Any extension of the provisions is a matter for Treasury Ministers.</strong></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/06/2014 14:59:46 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

61307

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in each constituency in Northern Ireland were in receipt of child benefit during 2013.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	200194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The latest information on the number of families receiving Child Benefit, by each parliamentary constituency, local authority and region is available in the HMRC snapshot publication “Child Benefit Statistics Geographical Analysis. August 2013”. This can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/286670/Child_Benefit_statistics_geographical_analysis_August_2013.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/286670/Child_Benefit_statistics_geographical_analysis_August_2013.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 6 has this information by Westminster Parliamentary Constituency.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 16/06/2014 14:37:05 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

61308

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a statutory definition of a personal service company to enable HM Revenue and Customs to make a better informed assessment of those using such devices to artificially reduce income tax.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	200196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p><strong>There are currently no plans to create a statutory definition of a personal service company. Working through a personal service company does not indicate that a person is artificially reducing their tax. </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>The Government keeps all areas of the tax system under review. </strong></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 16/06/2014 14:53:59 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

61346

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Mapeley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects HM Revenue and Customs to respond to Mapeley Estates, agents for the Custom House site, on the development of the new parking facilities at Dover Priory Railway Station.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	200178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>HMRC have taken part in discussions between Mapeley and Network Rail at the Priory Court Dover site on proposals for the construction of a multi storey car park on land adjacent to Priory Court not owned by either Mapeley or HMRC. Further discussions of future proposals have been between Mapeley as the freehold owner of Priory Court and Network Rail. HMRC have no outstanding enquiries from Mapeley.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 16/06/2014 14:29:21 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

61347

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Mapeley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the profitability and financial position of Mapeley Steps Contractor Limited in its role of managing the HM Revenue and Customs' estate.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	200193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>HMRC monitors the financial position of its key suppliers under agreed transparency arrangements. HMRC is unable to provide confidential financial information relating to its suppliers.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 16/06/2014 14:51:14 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

61348

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Insurance Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses (a) applied for and (b) were granted authorisation as insurers in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Fareham
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hoban
uin	200244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority are responsible for overseeing the authorisation of insurance companies. The Treasury does not publish data on authorisations of insurance providers.</p><p> </p><p>This question has been passed on to the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority, and they will reply directly to the honourable member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/06/2014 16:05:53 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1414 label Biography information for Mr Mark Hoban

61355

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the contribution to economic growth of payment protection insurance repayments.
tabling member constituency	Holborn and St Pancras
tabling member printed	Frank Dobson
uin	200336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is responsible for producing independent economic and fiscal forecasts. The effects of payment protection insurance repayments were taken into account in their latest forecast of the economy, published in the March 2014 Economic and Fiscal Outlook.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 17/06/2014 15:02:47 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	180 label Biography information for Frank Dobson

61363

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) mean and (b) median age was of people who were registered as self-employed in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	200314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The average age of self-employed individuals in the UK is 46 years old. This median age is also 46 years old and these figures are consistent across the three years from 2009-10 to 2011-12.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These estimates are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI) for the years concerned. The SPI for 2012-13 will be available later in the year.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 16/06/2014 14:26:38 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

61364

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were registered with HM Revenue and Customs as self-employed in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013; and how many of them reported net income (i) of zero and (ii) below the threshold for National Insurance in each year.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	200315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>Estimates of the numbers of individuals with self employment sources are published in HMRC's National Statistics table 3.10 which is available at the following internet address:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/income-of-individuals-with-self-employment-sources-2010-to-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/income-of-individuals-with-self-employment-sources-2010-to-2011</a></p><p> </p><p>The numbers of individuals making zero profits and at other income levels is also shown in these tables.</p><p> </p><p>Tables for 2009-10 and earlier years are available from the National Archives internet site at the following address:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121102223513/http:/hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/menu-by-year.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121102223513/http:/hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/menu-by-year.htm</a></p><p> </p><p>Overall, these show a long term trend of growth in the numbers of self-employed people.</p><p> </p><p>The Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI) for 2012-13 will be available later in the year.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 16/06/2014 14:46:16 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms