Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

449135

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Assets: North Korea
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O’Neill of Gatley on 26 January (HL4928), whether any assets linked to North Korean individuals or organisations that are not associated with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) nuclear programmes are held in the UK; and what steps they are taking to freeze assets held by individuals or organisations that are not associated with the DPRK nuclear programme that they suspect to be linked to weapons proliferation, smuggling, money laundering, or human rights abuses in North Korea.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>Existing UN and EU sanctions against North Korea, which include measures such as asset freezes, are based upon UN Security Council Resolutions prohibiting the further development of North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. Therefore, the current requirement to freeze funds or economic resources only occurs in circumstances where the funds and economic resources are controlled by the persons and entities designated by the Sanctions committee, the Security Council or the EU council as being engaged in North Korea’s nuclear-related, ballistic missile related, or other weapons of mass destruction-related programmes.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is currently discussing a response to the nuclear test of 6 January with key allies and partners. We want the response to be robust and send North Korea a clear signal that it must change its approach to international peace and security, We are also using our position as a member of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to discuss ways in which the international community can increase the pressure on North Korea to improve its appalling human rights record. North Korea will be discussed during the forthcoming March session of the HRC.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 09/02/2016 16:02:36 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

449201

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the criticism of the European Commission by Robert Stack, the US Treasury Official in charge of international tax policy, for disproportionately targeting US companies; and under what articles of the EU treaties the EU can tax foreign enterprises.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL5711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p><strong>While corporate taxation is a matter for Member States, under the EU Treaties the European Commission has competence to conduct State aid investigations in order to prevent unlawful distortion of competition and to safeguard the internal market. Investigations into tax rulings issued by EU Member States to multi-national companies were opened by the Commission in 2013. While the Commission has found illegal aid has been provided by some Members States (not including the UK) relating to some US companies, rulings under investigation also relate to a number of non-US undertakings. </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 15/02/2016 15:26:54 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

449202

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what legal powers the EU has to intervene in the taxation arrangements agreed between HM Treasury and foreign-based firms, including Google, and what assessment they have made of whether HMRC could legally co-operate in any such EU action.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL5712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>While corporate taxation is a matter for Member States, under the EU Treaties the European Commission has competence to conduct State aid investigations in order to prevent unlawful distortion of competition and to safeguard the internal market. Member State authorities are required to cooperate with any such investigations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 10/02/2016 17:40:31 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

449226

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate, as a percentage of gross domestic product, of the economic importance of tourism to (1) England, (2) Wales, and (3) Northern Ireland, in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Fearn
uin	HL5736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The latest Quarterly National Accounts (ONS) show that net household expenditure on tourism was 0.5% of UK gross domestic product in 2014. The first estimate of 2015 net tourism will be published by the ONS 31st March 2016. The ONS do not publish a breakdown of net tourism by England, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 09/02/2016 16:01:41 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	488 label Biography information for Lord Fearn

449260

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of employers who self-reported their non-compliance with the national minimum wage as a result of the Government's recent campaign on their policy.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	25177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing compliance with minimum wage legislation and effective enforcement of it. Everyone who is entitled to the minimum wage should receive it.</p><p> </p><p>Employers who pay workers less than the minimum wage not only have to pay arrears of wages at current minimum wage rates but also face financial penalties of up to £20,000 per underpaid worker. A further increase in penalties will come into force in April 2016 and will increase the penalty percentage from 100% to 200% of the underpayments owed to each worker, up to the existing maximum.</p><p> </p><p>Work on the campaign continues so I refer the honourable member to the answer provided at UIN 8859.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 09/02/2016 16:55:48 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

449266

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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, how many telephone calls were made to HM Revenue and Customs' flooding tax helpline in each of the last five years; and what the average amount of time taken to answer a telephone call to that line was in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	24998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The Severe Weather Helpline was originally set up in February 2014. Details of the calls received and the average time taken to answer a call since this helpline was set up are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Severe Weather Helpline</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Year</p></td><td><p>Calls received</p></td><td><p>Average time taken to answer call</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13-14</p></td><td><p>660</p></td><td><p>8 seconds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14-15</p></td><td><p>874</p></td><td><p>14 seconds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15-16*</p></td><td><p>1,339</p></td><td><p>32 seconds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>2,873</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*until 31/01/16</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs are unable to provide information on the number of full-time equivalent staff on the flooding helpline as this is not held.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 25122 question first answered 09/02/2016 16:57:05 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

449267

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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, how many telephone calls HM Revenue and Customs has received from (a) small businesses, (b) medium-sized businesses and (c) large businesses in each of the last five years; and what the average time taken to answer telephone calls from each such category of business was in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	24999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).</p><p> </p><p>HMRC handles around 50 million telephone calls annually and regularly publishes general performance reports at Gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 09/02/2016 17:01:43 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

449268

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Google: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff at which grades were involved in the recent investigation into Google's tax arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	25077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not disclose details of its work on the affairs of particular taxpayers.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s Large Business directorate now deploys 2,600 staff – over 600 more than when it was formed in April 2014.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 04/02/2016 16:21:17 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

449269

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies have been subject to a diverted profits charge since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	25057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The Diverted Profits Tax is designed to counter contrived tax arrangements used by some multinationals to shift their profits to other countries. It is deliberately set at a higher rate than corporation tax, so it acts as a deterrent and encourages more companies to pay corporation tax.</p><p> </p><p>To date no companies have been issued with a charging notice under section 95 Finance Act 2015 which brings diverted profits tax into charge. However, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) received notifications from eleven companies under section 92 in relation to section 86 Finance Act 2015 over the period 1 April 2015 to 31 December 2015.</p><p> </p><p>For companies with accounting periods ending on or before 31 March 2016 the notification period is six months from the end of that period. HMRC is not able to disclose details of notifications relating to sections 80 and 81 of the Finance Act 2015 due to its duty to protect taxpayer confidentiality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 29/02/2016 16:58:20 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

449271

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Patents: Corporation Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of the tax relief granted through the patent box in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	25092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The information is not held in the form requested. The estimated amounts of Patent Box relief can be found at the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/487119/Dec15_expenditure_reliefs_Final.xlsx.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/487119/Dec15_expenditure_reliefs_Final.xlsx.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 25091 25093 25094 25095 question first answered 09/02/2016 17:00:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne