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818963

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Overseas Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department maintains a list of all UK companies which have a global turnover of more than (a) £16 million, (b) £26 million, (c) £36 million and (d) £46 million; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	121640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The department does not maintain such a list of UK companies. However we engage with businesses of all sizes in order to understand their needs and priorities</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 15/01/2018 13:54:30 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

818978

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	VAT: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to launch the Government's public consultation into the VAT registration threshold.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	121655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>As announced at Autumn Budget 2017, the Government will publish a consultation on the VAT registration threshold in 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 17/01/2018 15:10:17 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

818992

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax was paid to the public purse by private finance initiative companies, by sector, in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	121669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Private Finance Initiative companies operate similar to any private company and face the same tax treatment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government cannot comment on the confidential tax affairs of individual company or group taxpayers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 15/01/2018 13:52:46 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

818993

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Employment: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people aged 65 and over that will still be in employment in each year between 2018 and 2023.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	121670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility provide the Government with estimates for employment growth, but do not produce specific estimates for the 65+ population.</p><p> </p><p>According to their latest forecast, employment will grow by over 600,000 by 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The government recognises the need to support sectors to adapt to a changing and ageing workforce as a priority for the UK and has made a commitment to work with employers to promote the benefits of older workers and encourage industries to lead in adapting their workplaces to the requirements of an ageing workforce.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 15/01/2018 13:53:38 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

818996

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Shared Ownership Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of properties in (a) London, and (b) the UK have been bought through shared ownership in each of the last five years; and in what proportion of the transactions for such purchases the purchaser paid Stamp Duty Land Tax on the full market value of the property rather than on the percentage of the property that they were buying.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	121673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is not held. Purchasers are not required to state on the Stamp Duty Land Tax return whether or not the property is bought through shared ownership.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 121677 question first answered 15/01/2018 15:51:42 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

819000

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Shared Ownership Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of properties purchased in (a) London and (b) the UK have been purchased through shared ownership in the each of the last three years; and on what proportion of those transactions the purchaser opted to pay Stamp Duty Land Tax on the full market value of the property rather than on their percentage of the property.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	121677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is not held. Purchasers are not required to state on the Stamp Duty Land Tax return whether or not the property is bought through shared ownership.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 121673 question first answered 15/01/2018 15:51:42 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

819020

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Banks: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with retail banks on branch closures by those banks.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	121697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p><p> </p><p>The Treasury does not make assessments of, nor collect data on, bank branch closures. While the decision to close a branch remains a commercial judgement for banks, the impact on communities must be understood, considered and mitigated where possible.</p><p> </p><p>The industry’s Access to Banking Standard, launched in May 2017, commits banks to ensure personal and business customers are better informed about branch closures and the reasons for them closing, along with the options they have locally to continue to access banking services, including specialist assistance for customers who need more help. The Access to Banking Standard is monitored and enforced by the independent Lending Standards Board.</p><p> </p><p>99% of banks’ personal and 95% of banks’ business customers are now able to withdraw cash, deposit cash and cheques, and make balance enquiries at a Post Office counter via its network of 11,600 branches. At Autumn Budget 2017, my predecessor wrote to the Post Office and UK Finance to ask them to raise public awareness of the banking services available at the Post Office for individuals and SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also recognises the important role credit unions play in delivering essential services to financially underserved communities. To help expand credit unions’ reach, at Autumn Budget 2017 the Government announced that where a credit union’s membership conditions are based on a local area, a credit union will be able to increase the number of potential members it can have to from 2 to 3 million. This will allow individual credit unions to offer their services to more people over a wider area.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 121700 121710 121716 121719 question first answered 15/01/2018 15:56:50 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

819023

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Banks: Closures
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 of bank branch closures on (a) the social isolation of individuals and (b) high street businesses.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	121700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p><p> </p><p>The Treasury does not make assessments of, nor collect data on, bank branch closures. While the decision to close a branch remains a commercial judgement for banks, the impact on communities must be understood, considered and mitigated where possible.</p><p> </p><p>The industry’s Access to Banking Standard, launched in May 2017, commits banks to ensure personal and business customers are better informed about branch closures and the reasons for them closing, along with the options they have locally to continue to access banking services, including specialist assistance for customers who need more help. The Access to Banking Standard is monitored and enforced by the independent Lending Standards Board.</p><p> </p><p>99% of banks’ personal and 95% of banks’ business customers are now able to withdraw cash, deposit cash and cheques, and make balance enquiries at a Post Office counter via its network of 11,600 branches. At Autumn Budget 2017, my predecessor wrote to the Post Office and UK Finance to ask them to raise public awareness of the banking services available at the Post Office for individuals and SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also recognises the important role credit unions play in delivering essential services to financially underserved communities. To help expand credit unions’ reach, at Autumn Budget 2017 the Government announced that where a credit union’s membership conditions are based on a local area, a credit union will be able to increase the number of potential members it can have to from 2 to 3 million. This will allow individual credit unions to offer their services to more people over a wider area.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 121697 121710 121716 121719 question first answered 15/01/2018 15:56:50 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

819024

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Bank Services: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people without access to online banking.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	121701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles data on the activities carried out by people that use the internet, including internet banking. This can be found at: http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/householdcharacteristics/homeinternetandsocialmediausage</p><p> </p><p>The ONS estimates that in Great Britain, in 2017, 90% of households had internet access and 63% of adults over the age of 16 used the internet to bank in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 17/01/2018 15:12:49 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

819033

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Banks: Closures
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 on the effect of bank branch closures on the trends in the level of start-up companies.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	121710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p><p> </p><p>The Treasury does not make assessments of, nor collect data on, bank branch closures. While the decision to close a branch remains a commercial judgement for banks, the impact on communities must be understood, considered and mitigated where possible.</p><p> </p><p>The industry’s Access to Banking Standard, launched in May 2017, commits banks to ensure personal and business customers are better informed about branch closures and the reasons for them closing, along with the options they have locally to continue to access banking services, including specialist assistance for customers who need more help. The Access to Banking Standard is monitored and enforced by the independent Lending Standards Board.</p><p> </p><p>99% of banks’ personal and 95% of banks’ business customers are now able to withdraw cash, deposit cash and cheques, and make balance enquiries at a Post Office counter via its network of 11,600 branches. At Autumn Budget 2017, my predecessor wrote to the Post Office and UK Finance to ask them to raise public awareness of the banking services available at the Post Office for individuals and SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also recognises the important role credit unions play in delivering essential services to financially underserved communities. To help expand credit unions’ reach, at Autumn Budget 2017 the Government announced that where a credit union’s membership conditions are based on a local area, a credit union will be able to increase the number of potential members it can have to from 2 to 3 million. This will allow individual credit unions to offer their services to more people over a wider area.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 121697 121700 121716 121719 question first answered 15/01/2018 15:56:50 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane