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48141

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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 levels of stock his Department holds of (a) stationery, (b) printer cartridges, (c) treasury tags and other fasteners and (d) other office consumables.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	196218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p>In line with Government policy and to benefit from public sector buying power, HM Treasury has centralised common commodity procurements, such as stationery, through contracts awarded and managed by the Crown Commercial Service.</p><p> </p><p>The stock information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

48142

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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 VAT431NB claims have been submitted in each of the last 32 quarters.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	196287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p>Data on these forms is not kept on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 196288 question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

48143

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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 VAT431C claims have been submitted in each of the last 32 quarters.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	196288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p>Data on these forms is not kept on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 196287 question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

48144

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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 take steps to reduce the amount of stamp duty paid by first-time home buyers.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	196306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p><strong>The stamp duty land tax relief for first time buyers in existence between March 2010 and March 2012 was found by HMRC to be ineffective in increasing the number of first time buyers entering the market. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>The Government is instead taking other steps to support those wishing to purchase a home, such as the Help to Buy and NewBuy schemes. </strong></p><p> </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	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

48145

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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 estimate he has made of the loss to the public purse as a result of illicit, illegal and smuggled tobacco in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	196391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p><strong>Estimates of the volume and total revenue losses associated with the tobacco illicit market are published in ‘Tobacco Tax Gap estimates: 2012-13'. The figures are available in tables 4.1 and 4.5. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>These estimates cannot be disaggregated by the type of illicit activity, e.g. through smuggling, counterfeiting or other fraud.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>The methodology for producing the estimates are provided in the ‘Methodological Annex for Measuring Tax Gaps 2013'.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Both documents can be accessed via the following page on the HMRC website:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/measuring-tax-gaps" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/measuring-tax-gaps</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan grouped question UIN 196390 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

48146

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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, in what circumstances he uses a calculation of the (a) value of preventing a fatality, (b) willingness to pay and (c) cost-per-quality adjusted life year approach to quantify the value of a policy intervention; what other tools he uses to quantify the benefit of a policy intervention; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
uin	196467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The Green Book and associated supplementary guidance is publicly available on the Treasury web site. It sets out a range of approaches and methods that may be appropriate in a number of different appraisal circumstances. The valuation of preventing fatalities makes a contribution to the calculation of risk reduction in many situations and is used extensively by the Department for Transport among others. Department of Health policies are likely to impact on health and longevity. For the majority of these policies, the impacts will be quantified in terms of quality adjusted life years. The cost of producing a quality adjusted life year is used as part of the appraisal and evaluation of alternative health investments.</p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien

48147

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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 the average cost is of recovery of £1 of debt by HM Revenue and Customs debt management staff.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	196353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p><strong>HMRC collects about £475 billion of tax revenue every year. 90% of this is collected by the due date; just 10% of it becomes overdue and a debt that HMRC has to recover/enforce.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>It would be misleading to attribute the effect of enforcing tax that is not paid on time outside the context of collecting tax that is collected on time.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Accordingly, we do not routinely measure the ‘average' cost of collecting £1 of debt.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>HMRC uses a number of different methods to recover outstanding debts ranging from automated processes to more targeted enforcement tools as well as partnering initiatives with private sector companies. The application of specific interventions depends on a number of factors including customer behaviour, the economic climate, and our overall approach to maintaining the health of the tax system and tackling non-compliance.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>In 2011 HMRC published the results of an international benchmarking study which compares HMRC's operational performance to nine other international tax administrations. Results from this study showed HMRC had the lowest cost of all ten countries</strong>.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Over the long term 99% of taxes due are collected with only 1% being lost to the Exchequer, almost all of which is due to insolvency. </strong></p><p> </p> 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	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

48148

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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 the staffing levels at HM Revenue and Customs debt management collectors were in (a) debt management telephony centres, (b) field force, (c) debt collection intervention teams, (d) debt technical offices and (e) late stage intervention in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	196351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p><strong>Staff numbers fluctuate throughout the year but the following numbers of staff were in post at 31 March for each of the last three years:</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DMTC/DCIT</p></td><td><p>1,276</p></td><td><p>1,194</p></td><td><p>1,336</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Field Force</p></td><td><p>631</p></td><td><p>601</p></td><td><p>531</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DTO</p></td><td><p>1,012</p></td><td><p>1,223</p></td><td><p>1,113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LAST</p></td><td> </td><td><p>242</p></td><td><p>277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,919</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,260</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,257</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· HMRC uses an appropriate mix of interventions to recover outstanding debt based on assessments of previous behaviour, [credit] risk and likely ability to pay. The allocation of various activities to specific debts is not mutually exclusive - some debtors may experience multiple contacts if they do not respond to initial attempts at recovery. <br><br></p><p>· The table below shows the overall annual amounts of debts which HMRC has pursued and cleared in recent years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>£billion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Debt processed</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 196354 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

48150

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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 recent discussions he has had on the future of the Landfill Communities Fund.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	196355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The Government regularly meets a range of stakeholders on the Landfill Communities Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The LCF makes a valuable contribution to local communities. All projects have to be approved by ENTRUST as meeting specific criteria, to ensure the project benefits the wider community.The value of the landfill communities fund for 2014-15 will be reduced to £71 million. This reduction takes account of progress that environmental bodies have made to address the government's challenge to reduce unspent funds. The saving will be used to fund an equivalent one-off increase in Defra's budget to address waste crime. The government intends that environmental bodies' performance against the challenge is published once the final information is available later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan grouped question UIN 196348 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

48151

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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 performance of projects funded by the Landfill Communities Fund; what plans he has for the future of the fund; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	196348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The Government regularly meets a range of stakeholders on the Landfill Communities Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The LCF makes a valuable contribution to local communities. All projects have to be approved by ENTRUST as meeting specific criteria, to ensure the project benefits the wider community.The value of the landfill communities fund for 2014-15 will be reduced to £71 million. This reduction takes account of progress that environmental bodies have made to address the government's challenge to reduce unspent funds. The saving will be used to fund an equivalent one-off increase in Defra's budget to address waste crime. The government intends that environmental bodies' performance against the challenge is published once the final information is available later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan grouped question UIN 196355 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley