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692441

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make further payments to people affected by regulatory failings at Equitable Life.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	64869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>After making payments of over £1.1billion to more than 900,000 policyholders, the Payment Scheme has now closed. There are no plans to reopen the Payment Scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 24/02/2017 12:09:02 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

691780

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to reopen the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	64460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>After making payments of over £1.1billion to more than 900,000 policyholders, the Payment Scheme has now closed. There are no plans to reopen the Payment Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby grouped question UIN 64459 question first answered 23/02/2017 15:16:33 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

522749

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Consumer Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress the Government has made on steps to introduce a pensions dashboard by 2019.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	39240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>As people work longer and change jobs more often, pension savings can become confusing. The average person will move employers 11 times over their working life, meaning they could end up with 11 or more private pensions by the time they retire. Research shows that over a third of people approaching retirement find it difficult to keep track of their pension pots.</p><p> </p><p>That is why the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced as part of the Budget 2016, that the government will ensure the industry designs, funds and launches a pensions dashboard by 2019. This will help people to clearly view all their pension savings in one place.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of exciting dashboard initiatives already going on and the government is keen to ensure that it does what it can to support the progress made by the industry so far. That is why I am acting as a ministerial champion to support the industry in designing and delivering the dashboard to consumers by 2019.</p><p> </p><p>This work will be industry-led. The Treasury is starting the work on catalysing and challenging the industry to deliver and I will set out next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 13/06/2016 13:46:06 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

451390

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of his Department's capacity to administer different rates of child benefits to other EU member states.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	26245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Details of the proposals for child benefit are subject to ongoing negotiation.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 26244 question first answered 11/02/2016 17:34:10 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

451391

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what preparatory work his Department has undertaken on the administration of differential rates of child benefit across EU member states.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	26244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Details of the proposals for child benefit are subject to ongoing negotiation.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 26245 question first answered 11/02/2016 17:34:10 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

429463

registered interest
date	19/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons expenditure on personal tax credits has increased since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	17065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>The OBR’s Welfare Trends Report 2014 sets out how historical spending changes have been driven by, for example, changes to caseloads and average awards.</p><br /><p>As it sets out, policy decisions between 2003 and 2009 increased the caseload of tax credit claimants and increased discretionary uprating of the child element, contributing to expenditure as a percentage of GDP increasing from 1.1% in 2003/04 to 1.9% in 2009/10.</p><br /><p>By 2010, 9 out of 10 families with children were eligible for tax credits. Reforms under the Coalition government decreased this to 6 out of 10.</p><br /><p>http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/wordpress/docs/Welfare_trends_report_2014_dn2B.pdf</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/11/2015 17:01:26 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

426660

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people aged 18 to 21 in receipt of housing benefit also received tax credits in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what assessment he has made of the effect on those people of planned reforms to tax credit.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	15046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to achieving a higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare economy. That means more emphasis on support to working families on low incomes through reducing tax and increasing wages, than on topping up low wages through tax credits.</p><br /><p>The Chancellor is listening to concerns raised by colleagues and will announce in his Autumn Statement how he plans to achieve the same goal of reforming tax credits and saving the money we need to secure our economy, while at the same time helping in the transition.</p><br /> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 14536 14537 question first answered 09/11/2015 14:58:49 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

425626

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish an equality assessment of the Government's changes to tax credits.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	14538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>As the Chancellor has made clear, the Government will set out at Autumn Statement how we plan to achieve the same goal of reforming tax credits, saving the money we need to save to secure our economy, while at the same time helping in the transition.</p><br /><p>The Government carefully considers all relevant legal obligations – including the equalities duty – when formulating welfare policy.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 10/11/2015 15:19:24 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

421202

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of changes in the level of scam activity associated with pensions following the introduction of pensions freedoms.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	11771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>Figures from Action Fraud, the UK’s national reporting centre for fraud and internet crime, show that there were 261 crime reports from 1<sup>st</sup> April to 30<sup>th</sup> August 2015 classified as Pension Liberation Fraud. The average number of reports per month has declined so far this financial year, with an average of 52 reports per month compared to an average of 79 crime reports for financial year 2014/2015.</p><br /><p>However, it is too early to tell what impact the freedoms have had on prevalence of fraud. These figures relate to “reported fraud” only – figures taking account of “actual fraud” will take much longer to flow through.</p><br /><p>Monitoring the market for scams and misselling is the responsibility of the regulators, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Pensions Regulator. The FCA, in line with its remit to protect consumers and ensure markets function in consumers’ interests, has specifically committed to monitoring developments in the retirement income market closely and to take action where consumers are coming to harm or where the market is not operating competitively. The Government remains in close contact with the regulators, and other organisations such as industry trade bodies, on these issues.</p><br /><p>Pension Wise, the Government’s free and impartial guidance service, also helps individuals understand how to spot and avoid scams. Where its users are at risk or have been scammed, they are referred to the appropriate organisations, such as Action Fraud.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 22/10/2015 14:51:31 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

389466

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Corporation Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total corporation tax receipts have been in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	6860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) publishes National Statistics on an annual basis providing information on corporation tax receipts. A table showing annual receipts from 1999-00 to 2013-14 is available online:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/corporation-tax-and-bank-levy-net-receipts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/corporation-tax-and-bank-levy-net-receipts</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A provisional figure for Corporation Tax receipts from 2014-15 is available in HMRC’s monthly Tax Receipts and National Insurance Contributions statistics:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmrc-tax-and-nics-receipts-for-the-uk</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 16/07/2015 16:01:29 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith