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420601

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Mortgages
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 buy-to-let mortgages authorised in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	11350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p>There have been 2 million buy-to-let mortgages taken out over the last 10 years. These figures are collected by the Council of Mortgage Lenders, on a quarterly basis and are publically available.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 20/10/2015 15:31:40 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

420602

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many married couples with a single earner in each Office for National Statistics age group have received marriage allowance in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	11351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs does not hold this data centrally.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 11352 question first answered 20/10/2015 16:46:14 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

420603

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many married couples with a single earner in each Office for National Statistics age group have claimed marriage allowance in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	11352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs does not hold this data centrally.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 11351 question first answered 20/10/2015 16:46:14 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

418866

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Personal Savings: Pensioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial advice his Department provides to pensioners on investment of savings.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government has recently set up Pension Wise to provide free, impartial guidance for those who are able to use the new pension flexibilities, to help them make confident and informed decisions on how they use their defined contribution pension savings. Pension Wise offers guidance online, over the phone, and face to face.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has also announced a joint review with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of the advice landscape, the Financial Advice Market Review (FAMR). This will be looking at ensuring more people have access to appropriate and affordable advice and guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 23/09/2015 12:42:08 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

418400

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with HM Revenue and Customs on the process for target-setting for call answering times at the income tax helpline.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers have meetings with senior officials within HM Revenue and Customs on a regular basis as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/09/2015 10:33:22 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

417206

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Bank Services: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to address telephone scamming related to banking services.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes all types of fraud, including those operating through telephones, extremely seriously. The Government is continuing to work closely with the police, Financial Fraud Action UK, and the British Bankers’ Association on initiatives to tackle fraud. Last year, during the ‘Know Fraud, No Fraud’ campaign, UK banks, building societies and card issuers, with the support of the police, published a Joint Declaration explaining the requests they would never ask of customers over the phone. This includes never asking a customer to authorise the transfer of funds to a new account.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government also recommends that any person affected by telephone scams such as vishing, formally report their case to Action Fraud. Action Fraud is a Government supported specialist fraud reporting and advice service operated by the City of London Police. When a serious threat or a new type of fraud is identified, Action Fraud places an alert on its website with advice for individuals to protect themselves from becoming victims. Members of the public can sign up to receive these alerts by email.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom, the communications regulator in the UK, has worked closely with the Metropolitan Police Service, Action Fraud and landline providers to prevent criminals exploiting phone lines to trick and defraud members of the public. All landline providers have now reduced the time a call remains open after one party hangs up down to two seconds. This makes it much more difficult for criminals to exploit phone lines in this way.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/09/2015 11:06:47 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

417207

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Loans: Greece
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will continue to ensure that the UK does not contribute to the EU bailout package for Greece.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>While Greece remains in the euro, its financial stability is the responsibility of the euro area. The Government has secured a deal that protects UK taxpayers from any risk from financing euro area bailouts now and in the future. This deal gives legal force to the commitment secured in 2010 that UK taxpayers would not be drawn into a euro area bailout.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 14/09/2015 14:47:26 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

389745

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare State: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with charities on the proposed changes to welfare policy announced in the Summer Budget 2015.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer has regular discussions with stakeholders on a wide range of topics.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The tax cuts and reforms to the welfare system move Britain from a low wage, high tax, and high welfare society to a higher wage, lower tax, and lower welfare society.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/07/2015 13:47:31 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

386956

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Rebates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the Rural Fuel Rebate scheme operating in parts of Scotland and England to Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	5046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>All areas that met strict criteria around pump price, population density and cost of fuel transportation were included in the extension to the Rural Fuel Rebate introduced from April 2015. No areas in Northern Ireland were found to meet these criteria.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 06/07/2015 15:38:31 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

386528

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to increase the number of staff employed to answer telephone national insurance enquiries during peak times in April and October each year.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	4852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) regularly deploys its staff to support increases in customer demand across all helplines, including national insurance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department has allocated £45 million, supporting the recruitment of an additional 3,000 customer service staff to answer calls and deal with customer correspondence. HMRC is also temporarily moving around 2,000 additional people from other parts of HMRC into customer service roles to support the tax credits peak.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 07/07/2015 14:06:33 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon