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106214

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in work did not pay any income tax as a result of changes to the personal allowance threshold in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	213291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>By April 2013, the cumulative effect of the Government's increases in the personal allowance for those aged under 65 years (born after 5 April 1948 from 2013-14 tax year) since 2010-11 had taken 2.8 million people out of income tax liability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The year on year growth over the three years requested is shown in the table attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Tax Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Taken out of tax since 2010-11 by PA increases<br> (millions - cumulative)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/11/2014 17:04:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

64658

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) the UK, (b) the Thames Valley and (c) Windsor constituency no longer pay income tax due to changes in the level of personal allowance introduced since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	202981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>By April this year this Government's increases in the personal allowance (for those born after 5 April 1948) are estimated to have taken over 3 million individuals out of the income tax system altogether. 384,000 of these individuals live in the South East region, which includes the Thames Valley and the Parliamentary Constituency of Windsor.</p><p> </p><p>These estimates are based on the 2011-12 Survey of Personal Incomes, projected to 2014-15 using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility's March 2014 economic and fiscal outlook.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not publish this information at constituency level.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 07/07/2014 15:09:45 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

79009

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) the UK and (b) North Yorkshire no longer pay income tax as a result of changes in the personal income tax threshold introduced since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
	tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
	uin	206808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>By April this year this Government's increases in the personal allowance (for those born after 5 April 1948) are estimated to have taken over 3 million individuals out of the income tax system altogether. 266,000 of these individuals live in the Yorkshire and The Humber region, which includes North Yorkshire.</p><p> </p><p>These estimates are based on the 2011-12 Survey of Personal Incomes, projected to 2014-15 using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility’s March 2014 economic and fiscal outlook.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not publish this information at constituency level.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 01/09/2014 16:13:11 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

652588

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of income tax is estimated to come from the top one per cent of earners in the UK in 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	56250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>The latest statistics published by HM Revenue and Customs project that the top one per cent of income taxpayers will pay 26.9% of all income tax receipts this year, higher than in any year prior to 2010-11. The Government will continue to keep the taxation of high earners under review to ensure it is fair, incentivises hard work and contributes towards the long-term sustainability of the tax system.</p><p>The percentage share of income tax liabilities in 2020-21 (27.0%) is estimated from the published information for the 2013-14 Survey of Personal Incomes. This data has been projected using the economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility’s November 2016 Economic and fiscal outlook.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/12/2016 15:37:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1224471

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of income tax revenue lost to the public purse from the underpayment of the national minimum wage in each year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	73850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>HMRC enforce the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) in line with the law and policy set out by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).</p><p> </p><p>The Low Pay Commission (LPC) publishes an annual report that provides an assessment of the nature and extent of NMW underpayment. The latest report published by the LPC in April 2019 can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/797675/Non-compliance_and_enforcement_of_the_National_Minimum_Wage_WEB.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/797675/Non-compliance_and_enforcement_of_the_National_Minimum_Wage_WEB.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>There is no robust estimate available of the income tax revenue lost as a result of NMW underpayment.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/07/2020 15:59:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1224605

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of income tax revenue lost to the public purse from workers being wrongly categorised as self-employed in each year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	73851
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling false self-employment. HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) take a risk-based approach to investigating employers who may have misclassified individuals for tax purposes. In these cases, HMRC establish the facts and take steps to ensure the right tax and National Insurance contributions are paid.</p><p> </p><p>Income Tax and National Insurance contributions lost due to false self-employment are part of the tax gap related to employers. HMRC publish an assessment of the tax gap: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/measuring-tax-gaps</a>.</p><p> </p><p>A separate estimate of the tax gap relating to false self-employment is not available.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/07/2020 16:13:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

867191

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income tax was paid by people who fall under the jurisdiction of HMRC’s high net worth unit in each year since 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	133309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in the 2016 National Audit Office Report on “HMRC’s approach to collecting tax from high net worth individuals” at Figure 3, attached.</p><p>As of 3rd April 2017, HMRC have brought together their High Net Worth Unit and Affluent teams to form a single Wealthy team. This organisational change is promoting tax compliance and tackling non-compliance across the whole of the wealthy customer group. These changes will ensure we deploy our specialist, highly skilled resource on those wealthy individuals that present the highest compliance risk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/03/2018 12:43:53 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride attachment 1 file name figure 3.docx title Figure 3
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

873708

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2018 to Question 133309, how much income tax was paid by people who fall under the jurisdiction of HMRC’s high net worth unit in each year between 2000 and 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	134822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2018 answer text <p>The High Net Worth Unit (HNWU) became operational in April 2009.</p><p> </p><p>It is therefore not possible to provide figures for the income tax paid by those who became HNWU customers as we do not have access to accurate data from management systems prior to that period.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 17/04/2018 10:51:12 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

101050

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employment and support allowance recipients received a payment for income tax for 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	212040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Reliable estimates of the number of recipients of employment and support allowance also paying income tax in 2012-13 are not available due to the small sample size in this subset of the Family Resources Survey.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/11/2014 15:46:19 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

228961

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Income Tax
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of people whose earnings are too low to be affected by the increase in personal tax allowances announced in the Budget are women.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL5926
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Since 2010 this Government has lifted over three million people out of income tax.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the income tax years 2016-17 and 2017-18, it is estimated that, for individuals aged over 16, whose income would be below the Personal Allowance before the Budget announced increases, 66% are female and 41% of those individuals have dependent children.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These estimates are derived from the results of the 2012-13 Family Resources Survey (FRS) projected forward to 2016-17 and 2017-18 using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility’s March 2015 economic and fiscal outlook.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton grouped question UIN HL5927 question first answered 26/03/2015 13:57:56 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett