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registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress he has made on reducing the amount of income tax that people pay.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Nigel Huddleston
uin	908882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The government is committed to keeping taxes low to support working people keep more of what they earn.</p><p>Budget 2018 announced that the government will increase the personal allowance to £12,500 and the higher rate threshold to £50,000 from April 2019, one year earlier than planned.</p><p>This tax cut means, in 2019-20, a typical basic rate taxpayer will pay £1,205 less in tax than in 2010-11. Across the UK, 1.74 million of the lowest paid will be taken out of tax entirely since 2015, leaving more of their hard-earned money in their pockets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/01/2019 16:01:16 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston

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registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Borrowing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of potential risks to the economy from high levels of Government borrowing.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Nigel Huddleston
uin	903309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>In 2010 we inherited the largest deficit since the second world war at nearly 10% of GDP. We’ve successfully reduced that to 2.3% last year, but our debt is still too high.</p><p> </p><p>High levels of debt leave us vulnerable to economic shocks and incur significant amounts of debt interest.</p><p> </p><p>That is why the government has clear fiscal plans to reduce borrowing further and get debt falling.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/01/2018 16:45:15 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston

445662

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Bank Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to widen access to basic bank accounts.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Nigel Huddleston
uin	903117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>Improving access to banking services is central to the Government’s agenda. I am therefore delighted that the nine largest personal current account providers in the UK have been offering new basic bank accounts since January 2016.</p><br /><p>For the first time, truly fee-free basic bank accounts are available for anyone who doesn’t have an account, or can’t use their account due to financial difficulty.</p><br /> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 19/01/2016 17:15:30 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston

418653

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Theatre: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish guidance notes on theatre tax relief.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Nigel Huddleston
uin	10156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is currently migrating hundreds of existing guidance manuals from its own website to GOV.UK. HMRC expects the changeover to be completed over the next few months. The department's priority has been moving existing manuals, but I am pleased to say that the Theatre Tax Relief Manual will be one of the first new manuals to be published on GOV.UK. In the interim, HMRC will shortly make available a temporary version via GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The theatre tax relief was introduced with effect from 1 September 2014. The regime provides relief for companies producing qualifying theatrical productions. There is a special unit within HMRC for the creative industries that regularly advise taxpayers on this relief and how to make claims.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 22/09/2015 13:06:44 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston

167694

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mobile Phones: Radio Frequencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.117 of the Autumn Statement 2014, if he will take steps to compensate Programme Making and Special Event users of spectrum removed from the wavelengths they currently use to facilitate the further clearance of spectrum for mobile use.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Luff
uin	217056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>As detailed in the National Infrastructure Plan and Autumn Statement, subject to the development of delivery options by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Ofcom, further details of the change of use of 700MHz spectrum will be set out in 2015. As part of that process, we will look at the impact for Programme Making and Special Events and other current users.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 10/12/2014 16:32:06 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	268 label Biography information for Sir Peter Luff