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62571

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the underlying data to Chart B.5 on page 97 of the Budget 2014 Red Book in (a) percentage of gross domestic product and (b) £ million.
	tabling member constituency	Rochford and Southend East
	tabling member printed	James Duddridge
	uin	201381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2014 answer text <p>The data (the Office for Budget Responsibility’s forecast for debt in 2015-16 and HM Treasury projections for debt in 2035-36 under different policy assumptions with and without illustrative shocks) has been placed in the Library of the House. The forecast and projections have been provided both as a percentage of GDP and in £million in today’s terms.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 05/08/2014 13:19:54 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel attachment 1 file name chart b5 budget red book.doc title chart B5, page 97 of the Budget 2014 Red Book
	tabling member	1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge

77034

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Child Tax Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to allow child tax credit awards to continue for children over the age of 19 where their school education has been delayed by ill health.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
	uin	204997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Child Tax Credit is payable in respect of young people in full time non-advanced education providing that it started before their 19<sup>th</sup> birthday.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 17/07/2014 14:25:44 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

77538

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Organised Crime: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what change there has been in the level of fuel laundering and organised crime in border areas of Northern Ireland over the last five years..
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	205622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>HMRC does not measure the different forms of fuel fraud such as fuel laundering. HMRC does measure the tax gap for fuel, published in the document at the link below. In Northern Ireland (NI) this has in the past included cross border shopping but in October 2013 HMRC for the first time published an estimate of the illicit market share for fuel in Northern Ireland for the period 2011-12, at 12-13% for diesel and negligible for petrol.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measuring-tax-gaps-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measuring-tax-gaps-tables</a></p><p> </p><p>HMRC contribute and support the multi-agency approach to organised crime in NI as detailed in the Organised Crime Strategy 2014 published by the Department of Justice NI and reproduced in the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.dojni.gov.uk/index/publications/publication-categories/pubs-policing-community-safety/community-safety/organised-crime/organised-crime-strategy-2014.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dojni.gov.uk/index/publications/publication-categories/pubs-policing-community-safety/community-safety/organised-crime/organised-crime-strategy-2014.htm</a></p><p> </p><p>HMRC fights fraud on a wide range of fronts, from special units performing thousands of roadside checks to raiding laundering plants. The UK has recently announced, jointly with Ireland, an improved new marker for rebated fuel, which will make it much harder to launder marked fuel and sell it at a profit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 17/07/2014 14:27:40 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

77857

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will lower tax duty on cigarettes.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	205907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Budget 2014 announced that tobacco duty rates will continue to rise by 2% above RPI each year until the end of the next Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/07/2014 13:07:30 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

77858

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty: Northern Ireland
	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 direct financial benefit of the abolition of air passenger duty bands C and D to airports in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
	uin	205812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The abolition of Air Passenger Duty bands C and D cuts up to £52 per passenger off the cost of a journey originating in Northern Ireland, including connecting flights.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/07/2014 13:18:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

77859

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs has spent on Tackling Tobacco Smuggling strategy in each year since 2010-11; how many of his Department's staff worked on implementing that strategy in each such year; and how many such staff were engaged in (a) detection, (b) intelligence-gathering and analysis, (c) investigations and (d) the provision of legal advice.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	206017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide the requested breakdown of the total HM Revenue and Customs spent on salaries for staff employed on tackling tobacco smuggling in the way requested. The total costs for each year are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Salary Cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Salary cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>Salary cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>Salary cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£37.044</p></td><td><p>£36.882</p></td><td><p>£35.734</p></td><td><p>£37.731</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs does not operate any x-ray scanners. Border Force has responsibility for the operation of x-ray scanners as part of the joint strategy to tackle tobacco smuggling.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs total expenditure on tobacco work since 2010-11 is detailed in the table below. This includes administration and policy, as well as enforcement.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HMRC Activity</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2012-13</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2013-14</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total expenditure on tobacco work (millions)</p></td><td><p>£65.750</p></td><td><p>£68.918</p></td><td><p>£67.641</p></td><td><p>£76.000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide the staff information in the format requested. However, the total figures are set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HMRC Activity</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>777</p></td><td><p>777</p></td><td><p>832</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For the year 2012/13, the UK cigarette illicit market was reported at 9%, which is half the level seen a decade ago. The illicit market share for hand-rolling tobacco is 36%, lower than in 2010/11 and significantly lower than the level seen in 2008/09, when it was 50 per cent.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 206015 206016 question first answered 18/08/2014 09:57:52 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

77862

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost in salaries was for those officials in his Department employed in tackling tobacco smuggling (a) in total, (b) in detection, (c) in investigations and (d) on intelligence matters in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	206015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide the requested breakdown of the total HM Revenue and Customs spent on salaries for staff employed on tackling tobacco smuggling in the way requested. The total costs for each year are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Salary Cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Salary cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>Salary cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>Salary cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£37.044</p></td><td><p>£36.882</p></td><td><p>£35.734</p></td><td><p>£37.731</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs does not operate any x-ray scanners. Border Force has responsibility for the operation of x-ray scanners as part of the joint strategy to tackle tobacco smuggling.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs total expenditure on tobacco work since 2010-11 is detailed in the table below. This includes administration and policy, as well as enforcement.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HMRC Activity</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2012-13</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2013-14</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total expenditure on tobacco work (millions)</p></td><td><p>£65.750</p></td><td><p>£68.918</p></td><td><p>£67.641</p></td><td><p>£76.000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide the staff information in the format requested. However, the total figures are set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HMRC Activity</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>777</p></td><td><p>777</p></td><td><p>832</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For the year 2012/13, the UK cigarette illicit market was reported at 9%, which is half the level seen a decade ago. The illicit market share for hand-rolling tobacco is 36%, lower than in 2010/11 and significantly lower than the level seen in 2008/09, when it was 50 per cent.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 206016 206017 question first answered 18/08/2014 09:57:52 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

77863

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what expenditure HM Revenue and Customs has incurred in operating x-ray scanners to tackle tobacco smuggling in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	206016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide the requested breakdown of the total HM Revenue and Customs spent on salaries for staff employed on tackling tobacco smuggling in the way requested. The total costs for each year are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Salary Cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Salary cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>Salary cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>Salary cost</p><p>(millions)</p><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£37.044</p></td><td><p>£36.882</p></td><td><p>£35.734</p></td><td><p>£37.731</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs does not operate any x-ray scanners. Border Force has responsibility for the operation of x-ray scanners as part of the joint strategy to tackle tobacco smuggling.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs total expenditure on tobacco work since 2010-11 is detailed in the table below. This includes administration and policy, as well as enforcement.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HMRC Activity</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2012-13</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2013-14</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total expenditure on tobacco work (millions)</p></td><td><p>£65.750</p></td><td><p>£68.918</p></td><td><p>£67.641</p></td><td><p>£76.000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide the staff information in the format requested. However, the total figures are set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HMRC Activity</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p><p>Full Time Equivalent</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>777</p></td><td><p>777</p></td><td><p>832</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For the year 2012/13, the UK cigarette illicit market was reported at 9%, which is half the level seen a decade ago. The illicit market share for hand-rolling tobacco is 36%, lower than in 2010/11 and significantly lower than the level seen in 2008/09, when it was 50 per cent.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 206015 206017 question first answered 18/08/2014 09:57:52 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

77866

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many adults claim child tax credit for children not residing in the UK; and for how many children such UK child benefit is claimed.
	tabling member constituency	Daventry
	tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
	uin	205924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The main purpose of child benefit and the child tax credit is to support families in the UK. Consequently, the rules for these benefits generally do not provide for them to be paid in respect of children who live abroad.</p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless, both child benefit and the child tax credit are family benefits under EC Regulation 883/2004. This regulation protects the social security rights of nationals of all member states of the European economic area, including the UK, and Switzerland when they exercise their rights of free movement under EU law.</p><p> </p><p>I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given on 14 May 2014, <em>Official report</em>, columns 676W-677W, for details about the number of claims for family benefits paid under the EC Regulations for children resident in another member state and which member states such children reside.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/07/2014 13:06:00 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris

78371

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Self-employed: Preston
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Preston constituency were self-employed and in receipt of working tax credit in each year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
	uin	206321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p>The following table is based on finalised tax credits administrative data for each financial year. The latest data available are 2012-13.</p><p> </p><p>Preston Constituency</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>Thousands</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Year</p></td><td><p>Number of families in receipt of tax credits containing at least one member identified as self-employed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 28/07/2014 10:53:43 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick