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1676302

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Capital Gains Tax: Income Tax
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 increasing the tax on (a) capital gains and (b) dividends to the same rate as income tax.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	5747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the UK tax system encourages investment whilst also taxing income from capital sources like dividends and Capital Gains fairly.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Government’s response to the Office of Tax Simplification's report on Capital Gains Tax (CGT) on 30 November 2021, substantial reforms to CGT rates and allowances would involve a number of wider policy trade-offs and so careful thought must be given to the impact that they would have on taxpayers, as well as any additional administrative burden on HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keep all aspects of the tax system under review to ensure it is simple and efficient.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 13/12/2023 12:35:29 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1675461

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Official Hospitality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much their Department spent on hospitality in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	5187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>We do not routinely publish this data, as has been the case under successive administrations. All Business Units within HM Treasury have a responsibility to keep official hospitality costs as low as possible and demonstrate good value for money.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and senior official hospitality are published on a quarterly basis, and are available on GOV.UK</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 12/12/2023 17:48:05 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1644231

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Capital Gains Tax: Income Tax
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 impact on tax receipts if the rate of capital gains tax rate was equal to the rate of income tax.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	189181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>As set out in the Government’s response to the Office of Tax Simplification's report on Capital Gains Tax (CGT) on 30 November 2021, substantial reforms to CGT rates and allowances would involve a number of wider policy trade-offs and so careful thought must be given to the impact that they would have on taxpayers, as well as any additional administrative burden on HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to keep the tax system under review to ensure it is simple and efficient.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/06/2023 15:43:52 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1644232

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Wealth: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact on tax receipts of the introduction of an annual wealth tax.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	189182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK system is designed to ensure among other things that the richest in our society pay their fair share on their wealth and assets, with the tax system taxing wealth across many different economic activities, including acquisition, holding, transfer and disposal of assets and income derived from assets. These tax levers generate substantial revenue, including Inheritance Tax revenues of £7 billion, Capital Gains Tax revenues of £18.1 billion and property transaction taxes of £17.3 billion in 2022-2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/06/2023 15:01:10 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1641119

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time was for new businesses to have their VAT registration processed in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	187041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>HMRC publishes monthly and quarterly performance data on GOV.UK</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fhmrc-monthly-performance-reports&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cdavid.g.piper%40hmrc.gov.uk%7C0f72c1ec121d420a957408db4178b59c%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C638175758910750247%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=wJMIGfkIFClOg3KtFAIjwYa8yYORS2f8nKWhltR0Sdc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-monthly-performance-reports</em></a><em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fhmrc-quarterly-performance-updates&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cdavid.g.piper%40hmrc.gov.uk%7C0f72c1ec121d420a957408db4178b59c%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C638175758910750247%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=RUhDuMuJybYahjgWXcgzEmK8C7VY5OV56IFwNizDkXs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-quarterly-performance-updates</em></a><em> </em></p><p /> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/06/2023 14:52:07 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1523031

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on taxi cabs for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	63952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>HM Treasury’s taxi cabs spend for 2019-20 to 2021-22 can be found in the table below</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£81,250.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£29,276.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>£42,529.55</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The provision of our taxi contract does not differentiate between ministers and officials, so we do not have that level of detail.</p><p> </p><p>Taxis are defined as a car available with a driver for hire, including a minicab.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 25/10/2022 15:10:00 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1521320

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on first class train travel for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in (i) 2020, (i) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	61745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>HMT has spent the below totals on first class travel for (a) ministers &amp; (b) civil servants in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 &amp; (iii) 2022. The figures below only contains first class travel booked through our travel booking portal.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>(a) Ministers</p></td><td><p>(b) Civil Servants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(i) 2020</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(ii) 2021</p></td><td><p>£295</p></td><td><p>£6,570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(iii) 2022 (Jan-Sep)</p></td><td><p>£106</p></td><td><p>£3,834</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 21/10/2022 15:09:20 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1491465

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	41943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>A - Agency workers:</p><p> </p><p>Agency workers (more commonly referred to as “Contingent Labour” or “Temporary Workers”) are subject to a Cabinet Office controls framework to ensure robust governance of spending in this area. This framework can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contingent-labour-spend-control" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contingent-labour-spend-control</a></p><p> </p><p>Commentary on Contingent Labour usage, if applicable, is available in departmental annual reports: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-reports-and-accounts-for-central-government-departments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-reports-and-accounts-for-central-government-departments</a></p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service provides two frameworks specifically for the supply of Contingent Labour which are used by central government departments. These are:</p><p> </p><p>RM3749 - Public Sector Resourcing <a href="https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/rm3749" target="_blank">https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/rm3749</a>, which provides a managed service for departmental use including low supplier margins, regular pay rate benchmarking, comprehensive tracking and reporting of contingent labour assignments, full time sheeting and approvals technology and onboarding, contracting and payroll services.</p><p> </p><p>RM6160 - Non Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff <a href="https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6160" target="_blank">https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6160</a>, which provides access to a range of generalist, specialist and niche contingent labour agencies offering a wide range of suppliers, maximum margins, free transfer to permanent after 12 weeks and onboarding, contracting and payroll services.</p><p> </p><p>Use of these frameworks provides robust governance, visibility, value for money and flexibility in meeting departmental contingent labour needs.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has spent the following on agency workers:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Value (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>783,224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1,029,471</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022 (up to June)</p></td><td><p>289,177</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>B - Agency retainer fees:</p><p> </p><p>We have interpreted your reference to agency retainer fees as the fees charged at the commencement of the provision of a search recruitment service, this is only applicable when recruiting for a permanent or fixed term post.</p><p> </p><p>Agency retainer fees are not applicable to the contingent labour market.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has spent the following on agency retainer fees:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Value (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>6,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>117,038</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>165,851</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The vast majority of HM Treasury’s agency retainer fees relate to the setup of the UK Infrastructure Bank.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 05/09/2022 07:24:53 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1488901

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much their Department has spent on air travel for (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	35853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The air travel spend for HMT in each calendar year respectively is as follows: 2020: £343,886.61, 2021: £126,748.95 and 2022: £332,222.72. We are unable to provide the split between Ministers and Officials as the information is not held in that format in our systems.</p><p> </p><p>However, Ministers international commercial air travel is captured in departmental quarterly transparency returns and published on gov.uk at the following location: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transparency-data-hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel-1-april-to-30-june-2021" target="_blank">Transparency data HMT ministers' meetings, hospitality, gifts and overseas travel: 1 April to 30 June 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 21/07/2022 07:06:06 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1488232

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much their Department has spent on advertising in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	34819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text HM Treasury spent the following on advertising over the last 4 financial years:<p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Cost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£114,864</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£327,838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>£134,774</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23 (up to June 22)</p></td><td><p>£51,901</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 20/07/2022 13:11:23 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett