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49256

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2014, Official Report, column 677W, on VAT, how many VAT431C claims have been submitted in each of the (a) last eight years and (b) smallest time periods by which data is kept over the last eight years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	197388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>VAT 431NB New House Build Claims and VAT431C Conversion claims forms have only been in use in their current form since September 2009.</p><p>Data on these forms is kept on an annual calendar year basis.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Type of claim</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Build/from 2009 VAT431NB</p></td><td><p>6818</p></td><td><p>6441</p></td><td><p>6183</p></td><td><p>5303</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conversion/from 2009 VAT431C</p></td><td><p>1155</p></td><td><p>1107</p></td><td><p>1251</p></td><td><p>999</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 197389 question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

49257

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2014, Official Report, column 677W, on VAT, how many VAT431NB claims have been submitted in each of the (a) last eight years and (b) smallest time periods by which data is kept over the last eight years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	197389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>VAT 431NB New House Build Claims and VAT431C Conversion claims forms have only been in use in their current form since September 2009.</p><p>Data on these forms is kept on an annual calendar year basis.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Type of claim</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Build/from 2009 VAT431NB</p></td><td><p>6818</p></td><td><p>6441</p></td><td><p>6183</p></td><td><p>5303</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conversion/from 2009 VAT431C</p></td><td><p>1155</p></td><td><p>1107</p></td><td><p>1251</p></td><td><p>999</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 197388 question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

44970

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have utilised their full tax-free ISA allowance in each of the last three years in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) each parliamentary constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	193677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>Until 1 July 2014 there are two allowances for ISAs: a cash and an overall allowance. This answer assumes you are asking about the overall allowance.</p><p> </p><p>The following table contains the number of individuals who made full use of their (£10,680) ISA allowance in 2011-12 in the UK and in Scotland.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country</p></td><td><p>Number of individuals (thousands)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>1,005</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A breakdown for 2012-13 and 2013-14 is not yet available. Constituency-level statistics are not available.</p><p> </p><p>As announced at Budget 2014, from 1 July 2014 the overall annual New ISA subscription limit will be increased to £15,000 and can be used for either cash or stocks and shares investments, or any combination of the two, up to this limit.</p><p> </p><p>This measure will reduce income tax on savings for people constrained by the current limits, improving incentives to save and increasing real household disposable incomes. Over 6 million people are expected to benefit from these increases, including over 5 million adults expected to be constrained by the cash ISA limit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

47167

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings he held with the Office of Tax Simplification in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	195455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers regularly meet with the Office of Tax Simplification and other parts of Treasury group as part of normal departmental and Government business. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings and discussions<em>.</em></p><p> </p><p>Details of Ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

48444

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fines of what total value have been imposed by HM Revenue and Customs on employers in Northern Ireland in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
	uin	196656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p>This question has been taken as asking about fines related to non-payment of the NMW.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes the enforcement of NMW very seriously and HMRC enforce the national minimum wage legislation on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). It does that by investigating all complaints made about employers suspected of not paying the minimum wage, in addition to carrying out targeted enforcement where it identifies a high risk of non-payment of NMW across the whole of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to 6 April 2009, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) issued penalty notices to those employers who failed to comply, within 28 days, with an enforcement notice. A new enforcement regime, introduced in April 2009, saw the introduction of automatic penalties for employers who are found to have underpaid their workers.</p><p>The number and value of penalties issued to Northern Ireland employers for the calendar years 2010-14 is set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Value</p></td><td><p>£33,635</p></td><td><p>£49,135</p></td><td><p>£41,110</p></td><td><p>£40,724</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

46201

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to amend rules on the deliberate deprivation of capital used in the means test for social care funding as a consequence of the planned changes to pensions from 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Gregg McClymont
	uin	194792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>This measure fundamentally changes the way that people can access their retirement savings, and so depending on the decisions they make, people may increase or decrease their chances of being eligible for means tested services at some point in their retirement. We will ensure that the relevant guidance, including where necessary the guidance on deliberate deprivation of capital, is updated before the new flexibilities are implemented in April 2015.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3949 label Biography information for Gregg McClymont

47159

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of raising the £325,000 inheritance tax threshold to (a) £1 million and (b) £500,000 in each of the next five financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	195626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>This Government has no current plans to increase the inheritance tax threshold.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

49006

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	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 the number of staff required at HM Revenue and Customs in Cumbernauld following his Department's decision to award the mail management contract to the EDM Group.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Gregg McClymont
	uin	196998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The timetable for implementation is still being finalised, HMRC does not yet have details of how and when teams currently handling post will be impacted.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3949 label Biography information for Gregg McClymont

46855

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will put arrangements in place to enable telephone callers to the Tax Credit Office in Preston to raise queries with an official rather than through the automatic telephone system.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
	uin	195176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The introduction of HMRC's Intelligent Telephony Automation (ITA) system has enabled HMRC to significantly reduce call handling and call waiting times and increase satisfaction.</p><p> </p><p>The speech recognition technology system reacts to what the caller says instead of selecting an option by pushing a button on their phone. ITA allows customers to say what they want to discuss when they telephone HMRC. For the majority of customers, this means their queries are answered by tailored informational messages, without the need to speak to an adviser. If a customer still wants to speak to someone, ITA ensures the adviser is already aware of the customer's reason for calling, offering a more effective customer service.</p><p> </p><p>This enables HMRC to offer a more efficient and tailored customer service and where necessary, give the customer extra support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

50440

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of qualifying companies in the Tonnage Tax scheme were in the (a) public and (b) private sector in each year the scheme has been in operation.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	198293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell