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759178

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Glasgow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of its proposals to relocate HM Revenue and Customs staff to a regional office in Glasgow on disabled staff.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	9878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) conducted a high level people impact assessment using known workforce management data to inform the regional centre location decisions. People and equality impacts are managed at both programme and regional level to mitigate potential impacts on different groups, including disabled staff. The regional people and equality impact assessment is undertaken early in the project and is updated on a regular basis throughout the project.</p><p> </p><p>All staff are offered a one-to-one discussion, normally about a year before any office move which affects them, to establish whether they can move. Under the reasonable adjustment policy, HMRC will work with individuals with particular needs to identify any adjustments required to enable this. Accessibility to regional centres has been factored into overall requirements for those centres from the outset.</p><p> </p><p>As previously announced, the Glasgow Regional Centre is expected to have between 2,700 and 3,000 full time equivalent posts when it opens. East Kilbride will be retained as a transitional site beyond the opening date of the Glasgow Regional Centre until 2025-26. The number of current full time equivalent staff employed at the offices which will feed into the Glasgow Regional Centre is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Location</p></td><td><p>Office</p></td><td><p>Closure date as announced</p></td><td><p>Full Time Equivalent Employees as of 31/08/2017</p></td><td><p>Destination by 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbernauld</p></td><td><p>Accounts Office <em>Timing depends on Accounts Office in Shipley</em></p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Portcullis House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Cotton House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Kilbride</p></td><td><p>Plaza Tower</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>East Kilbride Transitional Site</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Cotton House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1600</p></td><td><p>East Kilbride Transitional Site</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Specific details about the rental liability of the current HMRC offices in the Glasgow area is commercially sensitive information; disclosing it could compromise the future ability of the landlords to re-let the buildings.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 9764 9765 9766 9767 question first answered 14/09/2017 11:24:52 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

759179

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the current tax gap is attributable to companies with a turnover between £10,000 and £11,500.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	9935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Due to small sample sizes, it is not possible to estimate a tax gap for companies with a turnover between £10,000 and £11,500.</p><p>The total corporation tax gap was 7.6% in 2014-15, down from 11.4% in 2009-10.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/09/2017 13:17:35 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

759180

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to lift the one per cent public sector pay cap for (a) police and (b) prison officers.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	9936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>I set out the Government’s response to the independent pay review body reports on police and prison officer pay for 2017-18 in the House of Commons on 12 September 2017:</p><p> </p><p>http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-09-12/HCWS127/</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 14/09/2017 13:12:13 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

759183

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Valuation
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 (a) small, (b) medium-sized and (c) other businesses potentially affected by the judgment in the Mazars v Woolway case; what estimate he has made of the potential average extra cost on (i) small and (ii) medium-sized businesses resulting from the judgment in the Mazars v Woolway case; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	9753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>In July 2015, the Supreme Court, in the Mazars v Woolway case, clarified existing rating law relating to communal spaces such as staircases, corridors and lifts. The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has a legal duty to adapt its practices to reflect the judgment.</p><p> </p><p>The VOA assesses the value of property and not the businesses that occupy the property. As such, it does not hold information on whether the occupant of a property is a small or medium business.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/09/2017 13:26:31 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

759184

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Glasgow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) capacity and (b) occupancy level is for each of the HM Revenue and Customs offices which are to be consolidated into the proposed regional centre in Glasgow.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	9764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) conducted a high level people impact assessment using known workforce management data to inform the regional centre location decisions. People and equality impacts are managed at both programme and regional level to mitigate potential impacts on different groups, including disabled staff. The regional people and equality impact assessment is undertaken early in the project and is updated on a regular basis throughout the project.</p><p> </p><p>All staff are offered a one-to-one discussion, normally about a year before any office move which affects them, to establish whether they can move. Under the reasonable adjustment policy, HMRC will work with individuals with particular needs to identify any adjustments required to enable this. Accessibility to regional centres has been factored into overall requirements for those centres from the outset.</p><p> </p><p>As previously announced, the Glasgow Regional Centre is expected to have between 2,700 and 3,000 full time equivalent posts when it opens. East Kilbride will be retained as a transitional site beyond the opening date of the Glasgow Regional Centre until 2025-26. The number of current full time equivalent staff employed at the offices which will feed into the Glasgow Regional Centre is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Location</p></td><td><p>Office</p></td><td><p>Closure date as announced</p></td><td><p>Full Time Equivalent Employees as of 31/08/2017</p></td><td><p>Destination by 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbernauld</p></td><td><p>Accounts Office <em>Timing depends on Accounts Office in Shipley</em></p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Portcullis House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Cotton House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Kilbride</p></td><td><p>Plaza Tower</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>East Kilbride Transitional Site</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Cotton House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1600</p></td><td><p>East Kilbride Transitional Site</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Specific details about the rental liability of the current HMRC offices in the Glasgow area is commercially sensitive information; disclosing it could compromise the future ability of the landlords to re-let the buildings.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 9765 9766 9767 9878 question first answered 14/09/2017 11:24:52 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

759185

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Glasgow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff are employed at each HM Revenue and Customs office to be consolidated to form the proposed regional centre in Glasgow.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	9765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) conducted a high level people impact assessment using known workforce management data to inform the regional centre location decisions. People and equality impacts are managed at both programme and regional level to mitigate potential impacts on different groups, including disabled staff. The regional people and equality impact assessment is undertaken early in the project and is updated on a regular basis throughout the project.</p><p> </p><p>All staff are offered a one-to-one discussion, normally about a year before any office move which affects them, to establish whether they can move. Under the reasonable adjustment policy, HMRC will work with individuals with particular needs to identify any adjustments required to enable this. Accessibility to regional centres has been factored into overall requirements for those centres from the outset.</p><p> </p><p>As previously announced, the Glasgow Regional Centre is expected to have between 2,700 and 3,000 full time equivalent posts when it opens. East Kilbride will be retained as a transitional site beyond the opening date of the Glasgow Regional Centre until 2025-26. The number of current full time equivalent staff employed at the offices which will feed into the Glasgow Regional Centre is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Location</p></td><td><p>Office</p></td><td><p>Closure date as announced</p></td><td><p>Full Time Equivalent Employees as of 31/08/2017</p></td><td><p>Destination by 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbernauld</p></td><td><p>Accounts Office <em>Timing depends on Accounts Office in Shipley</em></p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Portcullis House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Cotton House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Kilbride</p></td><td><p>Plaza Tower</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>East Kilbride Transitional Site</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Cotton House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1600</p></td><td><p>East Kilbride Transitional Site</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Specific details about the rental liability of the current HMRC offices in the Glasgow area is commercially sensitive information; disclosing it could compromise the future ability of the landlords to re-let the buildings.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 9764 9766 9767 9878 question first answered 14/09/2017 11:24:52 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

759186

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Glasgow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rental liability is for each of the HM Revenue and Customs sites which are proposed to be consolidated in the new regional centre in Glasgow.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	9766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) conducted a high level people impact assessment using known workforce management data to inform the regional centre location decisions. People and equality impacts are managed at both programme and regional level to mitigate potential impacts on different groups, including disabled staff. The regional people and equality impact assessment is undertaken early in the project and is updated on a regular basis throughout the project.</p><p> </p><p>All staff are offered a one-to-one discussion, normally about a year before any office move which affects them, to establish whether they can move. Under the reasonable adjustment policy, HMRC will work with individuals with particular needs to identify any adjustments required to enable this. Accessibility to regional centres has been factored into overall requirements for those centres from the outset.</p><p> </p><p>As previously announced, the Glasgow Regional Centre is expected to have between 2,700 and 3,000 full time equivalent posts when it opens. East Kilbride will be retained as a transitional site beyond the opening date of the Glasgow Regional Centre until 2025-26. The number of current full time equivalent staff employed at the offices which will feed into the Glasgow Regional Centre is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Location</p></td><td><p>Office</p></td><td><p>Closure date as announced</p></td><td><p>Full Time Equivalent Employees as of 31/08/2017</p></td><td><p>Destination by 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbernauld</p></td><td><p>Accounts Office <em>Timing depends on Accounts Office in Shipley</em></p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Portcullis House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Cotton House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Kilbride</p></td><td><p>Plaza Tower</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>East Kilbride Transitional Site</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Cotton House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1600</p></td><td><p>East Kilbride Transitional Site</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Specific details about the rental liability of the current HMRC offices in the Glasgow area is commercially sensitive information; disclosing it could compromise the future ability of the landlords to re-let the buildings.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 9764 9765 9767 9878 question first answered 14/09/2017 11:24:52 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

759187

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Glasgow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the proposed office capacity is at the HM Revenue and Customs regional centre in Glasgow.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	9767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) conducted a high level people impact assessment using known workforce management data to inform the regional centre location decisions. People and equality impacts are managed at both programme and regional level to mitigate potential impacts on different groups, including disabled staff. The regional people and equality impact assessment is undertaken early in the project and is updated on a regular basis throughout the project.</p><p> </p><p>All staff are offered a one-to-one discussion, normally about a year before any office move which affects them, to establish whether they can move. Under the reasonable adjustment policy, HMRC will work with individuals with particular needs to identify any adjustments required to enable this. Accessibility to regional centres has been factored into overall requirements for those centres from the outset.</p><p> </p><p>As previously announced, the Glasgow Regional Centre is expected to have between 2,700 and 3,000 full time equivalent posts when it opens. East Kilbride will be retained as a transitional site beyond the opening date of the Glasgow Regional Centre until 2025-26. The number of current full time equivalent staff employed at the offices which will feed into the Glasgow Regional Centre is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Location</p></td><td><p>Office</p></td><td><p>Closure date as announced</p></td><td><p>Full Time Equivalent Employees as of 31/08/2017</p></td><td><p>Destination by 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbernauld</p></td><td><p>Accounts Office <em>Timing depends on Accounts Office in Shipley</em></p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Portcullis House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Cotton House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>Glasgow Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Kilbride</p></td><td><p>Plaza Tower</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>East Kilbride Transitional Site</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Cotton House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1600</p></td><td><p>East Kilbride Transitional Site</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Specific details about the rental liability of the current HMRC offices in the Glasgow area is commercially sensitive information; disclosing it could compromise the future ability of the landlords to re-let the buildings.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 9764 9765 9766 9878 question first answered 14/09/2017 11:24:52 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

759188

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many members of staff contracted to work at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) offices in (a) Portcullis House and (b) Cotton House, Glasgow are routinely based in HMRC Cumbernauld.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	9768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Information on whether a member of staff is routinely based at another office is not held centrally and so could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/09/2017 13:13:02 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

759192

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Domicil
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the (a) effect on the UK economy and (b) costs to the public purse of Overseas Workday Relief.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	9846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs have not made an assessment of the effect of Overseas Workday Relief (OWR) on the UK economy and there are currently no plans to do so.</p><p> </p><p>OWR is a tax relief which attracts people in to work in the UK. Around £500m of foreign earnings are not taxable in the UK as a result of OWR. However, those claiming this relief pay on average around £50,000 per year in taxes to the UK Exchequer. In addition, they bring talent, expertise and diversity to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/09/2017 11:17:47 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq