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349164

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Tax Allowances
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 savings to the public purse from reducing the tax relief on pensions for people earning more than £150,000 a year in the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	1712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>The estimated exchequer cost arising from income tax relief on contributions made to private pensions, and relief on the investment returns to private pensions in 2013-14 was £34.3bn</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Revenue effects on reducing tax relief on private pensions for people earning more than £150,000 would depend on how changes were implemented and would likely cause significant behavioural effects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 19/06/2015 13:22:44 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

349165

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects registration for tax-free childcare to open; and what information parents will be required to input in order to complete that registration.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	1716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to bringing forward Tax-Free Childcare to help working families. The Chancellor of the Exchequer will set out the timing of the introduction as part of his Budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Registering for the new scheme is being designed to be as straightforward as possible for parents and will use a new simple online system. They will be asked to identify themselves and the child for whom the childcare account is being opened, and to provide information to demonstrate their eligibility, for example confirming that they are in paid employment or self-employment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/06/2015 14:21:50 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

349251

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's press release of 4 June 2015, whether he asked departments to undertake an assessment of their productivity before he wrote to them on 20 May 2015 to ask them to identify efficiency savings.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	1626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>The savings for 2015-16 announced on 4 June 2015 are being achieved through further efficiency savings, tighter control of budgets to drive underspends in year, and driving through asset sales. The government is getting on with the job of repairing the public finances. This will create the best conditions for sustainable growth. Increasing productivity is a key part of this Government’s economic plan. The Chancellor will publish a Productivity Plan soon, setting out a long-term vision for productivity growth in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/06/2015 13:20:55 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

349261

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published on 4 June 2015, what efficiency savings his Department plans to make to achieve reductions of (a) £7 million from the HM Treasury budget and (b) £80 million from the HM Revenue and Customs budget.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	1635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>HMRC will deliver £80m of savings in 2015-16, starting by looking at prioritising projects in their change programme, which is intended to deliver a wider transformation of HMRC's capabilities, achieve sustainable efficiency savings and improve compliance yield.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury will reduce its net expenditure by £7m in 2015-16 through robust spending control and by seeking efficiencies across all HMT bodies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 19/06/2015 13:23:36 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

349362

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Tax Avoidance
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 tackle tax avoidance by multinational companies.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	1618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The government takes the issue of tax avoidance by multinational companies seriously. Legislation for the Diverted Profits Tax was introduced in Finance Act 2015 effective from 1 April 2015 to counter the use of contrived arrangements by multinational companies to erode the UK tax base. The UK has also continued to lead the way on reform of the international tax rules to address tax avoidance by multinational companies through the G20-OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project. Legislation to implement the OECD model for country-by-country reporting was introduced in Finance Act 2015. The UK has also committed to introduce the OECD agreed rules to address hybrid mismatch arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/06/2015 16:20:47 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

349368

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the level of fuel duties.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	1578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>At Budget 2015 the government cancelled the fuel duty increase that was planned for 1 September 2015, thereby freezing fuel duty until the end of 2015-16. Like all taxes, fuel duties are kept under review in the context of the wider public finances, with tax policy changes announced at fiscal events.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/06/2015 14:20:57 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

349377

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Wales are in receipt of working tax credit; and what the average weekly award is.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	1686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The number of families in receipt of Working Tax Credit (WTC) in Wales can be found on Table 1a of the publication ‘Personal tax credits: Finalised award statistics - geographical statistics 2013 to 2014’ available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The number of families benefitting from the childcare element in Wales, as well as the average weekly value of the award, can be found on Table 1b of the publication ‘Personal tax credits: Finalised award statistics - geographical statistics 2013 to 2014’ available here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of families in receipt of Child Tax Credit (CTC) in Wales can be found on Table 1a of the publication ‘Personal tax credits: Finalised award statistics - geographical statistics 2013 to 2014’ available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of families in receipt of Child Benefit in Wales can be found on Table 3 of the publication ‘Child Benefit geographical analysis - August 2014’ available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-geographical-analysis-august-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-geographical-analysis-august-2014</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 1687 1688 1700 question first answered 16/06/2015 16:01:02 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

349378

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Wales are in receipt of the childcare element of working tax credit; and what the average weekly award is.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	1687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The number of families in receipt of Working Tax Credit (WTC) in Wales can be found on Table 1a of the publication ‘Personal tax credits: Finalised award statistics - geographical statistics 2013 to 2014’ available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The number of families benefitting from the childcare element in Wales, as well as the average weekly value of the award, can be found on Table 1b of the publication ‘Personal tax credits: Finalised award statistics - geographical statistics 2013 to 2014’ available here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of families in receipt of Child Tax Credit (CTC) in Wales can be found on Table 1a of the publication ‘Personal tax credits: Finalised award statistics - geographical statistics 2013 to 2014’ available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of families in receipt of Child Benefit in Wales can be found on Table 3 of the publication ‘Child Benefit geographical analysis - August 2014’ available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-geographical-analysis-august-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-geographical-analysis-august-2014</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 1686 1688 1700 question first answered 16/06/2015 16:01:02 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

348824

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the judgment of the European Court of Justice ending the value added tax concession on energy-saving products for non-social housing.
tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
uin	HL303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The government is currently considering the full implications of the decision of the European Court of Justice on the application of the VAT reduced rate to the installation of energy saving materials.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 22/06/2015 16:35:01 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

348838

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government by how much they have reduced the block grant to the Northern Ireland Executive for the current financial year as a result of the failure of the Northern Ireland Assembly to pass the Welfare Reform Bill.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>As a result of the Northern Ireland Assembly’s inability to pass welfare reform legislation, the Northern Ireland Executive’s allocation has been reduced by £114m in 2015-16 to offset foregone cost savings which would otherwise have accrued. The Executive have been aware of the level of the deduction since March 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following the exceptional access to the reserve granted to the Northern Ireland Executive in 2014-15, the Executive’s 2015-16 allocation has been reduced by £100m in 2015-16 in accordance with normal budgetary procedures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These deductions will be reflected in the control totals published alongside departmental Main Supply Estimates for 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley grouped question UIN HL319 question first answered 22/06/2015 13:45:39 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey