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1035253

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Agriculture: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many farmers participated in the agricultural flat rate (AFRS) VAT scheme since its establishment in each region of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	205239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text The number of successful entrants to the agricultural flat rate scheme since its commencement in 1993 to 2017 is 1,742. HMRC does not hold historic data by region. answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/01/2019 13:56:52 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1035254

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Agriculture: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the 43 agricultural businesses who participated in the agricultural flat rate (AFRS) VAT scheme were selected to receive a questionnaire as part of the HMRC review of eligibility between 2011 - 2015.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	205240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>HMRC use various risking methods that includes risk triggers on types of businesses and intelligence, as part of their compliance work/activity. As a result of this activity 31 businesses that presented a VAT risk were removed from the agricultural flat rate scheme.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/01/2019 14:40:17 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1020698

registered interest
date	07/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Agriculture: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many farmers have been excluded from the agricultural flat-rate VAT scheme since its introduction in each region of the UK in each year since the scheme's introduction.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	199853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>The table attached lists the known exclusions (refusal of entry into the scheme or subsequent removal from the scheme) from the Agricultural Flat Rate Scheme, broken down by region and calendar year.</p><p>These figures are based on management information and have not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics.</p><p>Figures are not available for the period covering 1993-2007.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/12/2018 14:19:54 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride attachment 1 file name David Simpson PQ table - UIN 199853.docx title Table attached due to formatting issues on Q&A
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1020699

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Agriculture: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many agriculture flat-rate scheme questionnaires have been sent to participants in the scheme in each region of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	199854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>HMRC may request additional information from businesses applying for, or participating in, the Agricultural Flat Rate Scheme (AFRS). Data is not available relating to all of these information requests.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2011-2015 HMRC undertook a specific review of eligibility for the AFRS, during which 43 questionnaires were sent to agricultural businesses participating in the scheme requesting additional information. 41 of these businesses were based in Northern Ireland, and 2 in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/12/2018 13:57:54 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson