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155736

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid out in tax credits in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	214473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Expenditure figures of Tax Credits for 2013-14 are available on the HM Revenue and Customs receipts publication <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364582/20141015_Sepmonthlyreceipts.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364582/20141015_Sepmonthlyreceipts.xls</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/11/2014 12:31:03 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

155737

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Historic Buildings: Tax Allowances
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 annual cost of removing the cap on sideways loss relief for historic house businesses.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	214500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>An estimate is not available, but the Government keeps all tax policies under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 24/11/2014 16:49:32 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

155738

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: Luxembourg
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 investigate the offshoring by British based companies to registered addresses in Luxembourg for the purposes of reducing tax paid in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	214430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>This Government is already aware of this and other practices, and has been relentless in its crackdown on tax avoidance, and has taken a range of action to prevent avoidance at the outset, and to detect and counter it effectively where it persists.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK is working with the OECD Forum on Harmful Tax Practices (FHTP), where it was an agreement was reached last May requiring the disclosure of information about tax rulings provided by tax authorities to companies to other countries affected by these, and that greater transparency in relation to these rulings was required. A framework for this was agreed that will require tax authorities to disclose these rulings to other tax authorities within 3 months. Countries will also be required to report annually to the OECD FHTP on the number of rulings exchanged and with which countries. Through these initiatives we will be able to gather the information relevant to tax avoidance schemes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the UK is working with the G20, OECD and other countries to take forward the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project. Phase one of the BEPS project is now complete, with participants reaching agreement on seven reports which have been produced by the OECD and put to G20 Finance Ministers. The seven 2014 outputs represent substantial progress reflecting the work of the technical working groups as well as the input received from business, civil society organisations and other stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 24/11/2014 16:47:17 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

155739

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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 have paid less tax as a result of the recent reduction in the top rate of tax.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	214480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of additional rate income tax payers are published in HMRC’s tax statistics, table 2.1. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306826/Table_2.1.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306826/Table_2.1.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As set out at Budget 2013, the cost of reducing the additional rate of income tax to 45 per cent from 50 per cent is estimated at around £100m per year. The costing’s account for substantial behavioral responses associated with changes in top marginal tax rates and have been verified by the independent Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government believes it is neither efficient nor fair to maintain a tax rate that is not effective at raising revenue from high earners and risks damaging growth.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 24/11/2014 16:45:47 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

155740

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Foreign Exchange
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Serious Fraud Office about its investigation into the activities in foreign exchange dealing of bankers.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	214586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The Director of the Serious Fraud Office opened a criminal investigation into allegations of fraudulent conduct in the foreign exchange market in July 2014. The Government does not comment on ongoing investigations, so as not to prejudice these inquiries in any way.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 214496 question first answered 24/11/2014 17:29:18 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

155741

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
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 effect of reductions in local government departmental expenditure limits on the block grants for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	214583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>The impacts on budget allocations to the devolved administrations following changes in UK Government departmental allocations are set out at Spending Reviews and subsequent Budgets and Autumn Statements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 21/11/2014 13:27:18 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

155742

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Local Government Finance: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from the Welsh Assembly Government on local government departmental expenditure limits and their effects on the Welsh block grant.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	214582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>Treasury ministers meet with their counterparts in the Welsh Government from time to time to discuss matters of mutual interest, including Welsh Government funding allocations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 21/11/2014 13:23:15 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

155743

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research he has commissioned into the implications for developing countries of the OECD Automatic Exchange of Tax Information.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	214604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>As made clear during our G8 Presidency, we are committed to helping developing countries benefit from increased tax transparency including the new global standard of automatic exchange of information. The G20 asked the Global Forum to produce a Roadmap setting out how developing countries can overcome obstacles to participate in automatic exchange. Since G20 Finance Ministers welcomed the Roadmap in September, my officials and their counterparts in DfID and HMRC have engaged in discussions with a number of developing countries on the possibility of piloting implementation of the new global standard. These discussions are ongoing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/11/2014 14:57:11 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

155744

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he intends to answer Question 213271, tabled on 4 November 2014; and what the reason was for the time taken in replying.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	214787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>I have done so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 20/11/2014 17:29:43 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

155745

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to encourage more foreign direct investment in UK companies.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	214745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p><strong>In 2013-14 the UK attracted 1,773 foreign direct investment projects, giving a total stock of £1.6 trillion of such investments - more than any other country apart from the USA. During this Parliament the Government has taken action to make the UK a more attractive location to run a business including reducing corporation tax so that it will reach 20% next year – the lowest in the G20 - and investing in skills, science and infrastructure. The Government has also increased resources at UK Trade and Investment including for example establishing private sector-led teams in the Gulf, Central Europe, and South America dedicated to attracting inward investment into the UK. </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 24/11/2014 17:43:50 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie