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1717504

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensioners: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of those receiving State Pension paid tax in the (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23, and (c) 2023-24 financial years.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	25886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>This information is published in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individual-income-taxpayers-by-marginal-rate-gender-and-age" target="_blank">Table 2.1 Number of individual Income Tax payers</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 20/05/2024 09:59:11 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1696130

registered interest
date	14/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Schools: Concrete
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 3.5 of Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Second report from Session 2023-24, HC 78, published 8 March 2024, how much and what proportion of funding to tackle RAAC concentrate in schools will come from (a) existing and (b) additional budget funding.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	18756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>Government is funding the removal of RAAC present in schools and colleges either through grants, or through the School Rebuilding Programme. A list of education settings with confirmed RAAC and the funding route to remove RAAC was published on 8 February, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reinforced-autoclaved-aerated-concrete-raac-management-information" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reinforced-autoclaved-aerated-concrete-raac-management-information</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 22/03/2024 14:10:23 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1691372

registered interest
date	23/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fraud: Self-assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the support offered by HMRC to self-assessment customers who have been victims of scams by people impersonating HMRC.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	15460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The HMRC Customer Protection Team is responsible for reporting known cases, requesting removal of suspicious websites, and raising awareness among the general public of how to identify scams and avoid becoming victims of fraud. HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service (FIS) is responsible for the department’s civil and criminal investigations into the most serious fraud and wrongdoing. FIS ensures that HMRC has an effective approach to tackling the most serious tax evasion and fraud.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC encourages customers to report scams through reporting mechanisms directly to HMRC or through Action Fraud.</p><p> </p><p>The channels through which suspicious activity can be reported to HMRC are:</p><p> </p><p>Suspicious emails – <a href="mailto:phishing@hmrc.gov.uk" target="_blank">phishing@hmrc.gov.uk</a></p><p>Suspicious text – 60599</p><p>Suspicious phone calls – <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/contact/reporting-fraudulent-emails" target="_blank">Report suspicious HMRC emails, text messages and phone calls - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 04/03/2024 15:42:21 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1691379

registered interest
date	23/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fraud: Self-assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of HMRC processes for (a) identifying and (b) tackling fraudulent self-assessment repayment claims.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	15461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2024 answer text <p>Repayments are a feature of Income Tax Self-Assessment regime and can be generated for many reasons. HMRC continuously monitors its tax repayment systems to prevent criminal attacks on the tax system, fraud; and mitigate the risk of error and non-compliance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 01/03/2024 09:24:29 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1689529

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2024 to Question 7371 on High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge, when he plans to publish data on Child Benefit claimants in 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	14428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>The ‘Child Benefit Statistics: annual release’ will be published on the 17 April 2024. This will contain statistics on the High Income Child Benefit Charge for the tax year 2021 to 2022. This publication has been pre-announced on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/child-benefit-statistics-annual-release-including-small-area-statistics-2023?cachebust=1706701196" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/02/2024 14:08:20 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1689530

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of administering Child Benefit as a working age benefit via the Department for Work and Pensions.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	14429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government does not have plans to administer Child Benefit as a working age benefit via the Department for Work and Pensions.</p><p>Administering Child Benefit as a joint claim per household could mean finding out the incomes and relationships of all Child Benefit claimants. This would pose administrative burdens on households, who do not currently need to provide this information to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), and on HMRC.</p><p>As with all Government policy, Child Benefit is kept under regular review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 14430 question first answered 26/02/2024 16:15:57 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1689531

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of administering Child Benefit as a joint claim per household.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	14430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government does not have plans to administer Child Benefit as a working age benefit via the Department for Work and Pensions.</p><p>Administering Child Benefit as a joint claim per household could mean finding out the incomes and relationships of all Child Benefit claimants. This would pose administrative burdens on households, who do not currently need to provide this information to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), and on HMRC.</p><p>As with all Government policy, Child Benefit is kept under regular review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 14429 question first answered 26/02/2024 16:15:57 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1685515

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2023 to Question 7211 on Fire and Rescue Services Finance, what Barnett consequentials arise as a result of additional funding support for Fire and Rescue Authorities in England.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	11830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The Barnett formula applies to all increases or decreases to Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL), including when budgets change in relation to funding for Fire and Rescue Authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Fire and Rescue Authorities in England receive funding through the Local Government Finance Settlement. Part of this funding comes from DEL agreed at the Spending Review and the Barnett formula has been applied in the usual way. Additionally, Fire and Rescue Funding is raised through council tax precepts, which is council tax funding ring-fenced for Fire and Rescue Authorities. The Barnett formula does not apply to spending financed by council tax.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 06/02/2024 17:54:45 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1685251

registered interest
date	26/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of HMRC response times to enquiries from financial representatives.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	11637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>Financial representatives such as tax agents are encouraged to use HMRC’s free online services wherever possible. Agents can save time by using online services specifically designed to help them manage their client’s tax affairs. Online information and tools are also available, this includes the agent dashboard where agents can check HMRC’s current <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fcheck-hmrcs-current-performance-and-service-levels&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cstan.dsouza%40hmrc.gov.uk%7Cef6007ae1e3b460554d908dc20d4fe2d%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C638421346376467893%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pUYsl3ZY3okgg%2FUsaKIwuCtIKXTncyOFAcTmI4rLfqw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">processing times and service levels for post and online requests. </a></p><p>Agents are also directed to use HMRCs webchat for simple enquiries so we can free up our advisers time to help those agents with more complex queries.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC performance data is published on a monthly and quarterly basis and can be found on the GOV.UK Website here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-monthly-performance-reports" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-monthly-performance-reports</em></a></p><p><em> </em></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-quarterly-performance-updates%20https:/www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-quarterly-performance-updates" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-quarterly-performance-updates</em></a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 01/02/2024 15:51:12 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1678465

registered interest
date	18/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2023 to Question 543 on High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of trends in the level of tax revenue received from the High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge since 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	7371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government believes in having a fair taxation system which allows individuals to keep more of what they earn. The Government also needs to manage the public finances in a disciplined and responsible way in order to protect our vital public services. In 2020-2021 (the latest year that data is available), 99.7% of those liable for the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) paid income tax at the higher rate or above, and 88% of Child Benefit claimants were unaffected by the HICBC. The Government therefore currently considers that maintaining the threshold remains appropriate, but will keep this threshold under review in line with all other tax policy.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 09/01/2024 14:30:28 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day