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850360

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress is being made on reducing the deficit.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	904046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The deficit has been reduced by three quarters from its post-war peak in 2010, from 9.9% GDP to 2.3% GDP last year.</p><p> </p><p>The OBR’s November forecasts shows the deficit reducing further, to 1.1% of GDP in 2022-23.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 27/02/2018 15:54:56 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

849965

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks and Tobacco: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the tax gap was on (a) beer, (b) wine, (c) spirits and (d) tobacco in the financial tax years (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15, (iii) 2015-16 and (iv) 2016-2017; and what steps he is taking to tackle those tax gaps.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	129533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The tax gap for (a) beer, (b) wine, (c) spirits in the financial tax years (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15, (iii) 2015-16 is available in Chapter 3 of ‘Measuring Tax Gaps 2017’ at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/655097/HMRC-measuring-tax-gaps-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/655097/HMRC-measuring-tax-gaps-2017.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates for the alcohol tax gaps for 2016-17 will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The tax gap was for tobacco tax all financial years including 2016-17 is available in ‘Tobacco tax gap estimates 2016-17’, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tobacco-tax-gap-estimates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tobacco-tax-gap-estimates</a>.</p><p> </p><p>There are two strategies in place to tackle these tax gaps: one for alcohol, and one for tobacco.</p><p> </p><p>The HM Revenue and Customs Alcohol Strategy is available at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-alcohol-strategy. This is designed to tackle all forms of fraud throughout the supply chain, working with other enforcement agencies and industry. Measures to tackle alcohol duty fraud include:</p><ul><li>Full implementation of Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme on 1 April 2017. This requires businesses to meet rigorous standards to receive approval from HMRC in order to trade. Where standards are not met approval may be refused or revoked.</li><li>The Joint Alcohol Anti-fraud Taskforce, which brings together the alcohol industry and law enforcement agencies</li><li>Sharing HMRC data with alcohol producers to restrict access by fraudsters to UK-sensitive brands, and the introduction of a ‘due diligence’ condition requiring traders to consider the risk of excise duty evasion in their supply chains.</li></ul><p> </p><p>For tobacco<em>,</em> HMRC’s strategy is detailed in “Tackling illicit tobacco: From leaf to light”, a joint publication with Border Force, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418732/Tackling_illicit_tobacco_-_From_leaf_to_light__2015_.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418732/Tackling_illicit_tobacco_-_From_leaf_to_light__2015_.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This strategy aims to:</p><p>• Create a hostile global environment for tobacco fraud through intelligence sharing and policy change.</p><p>• Tackle the fraud at all points in the supply chain from production to retail.</p><p>• Change perceptions - Raising public awareness of the links between illicit tobacco and organised criminality to reduce tolerance of the fraud in the UK.</p><p>Optimise the use of the sanctions available and, where necessary, develop tougher ones.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/03/2018 17:02:01 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

849972

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to respond to the findings of the Financial Conduct Authority report on RBS treatment of small businesses recently published by the Treasury Select Committee.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	129540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The investigation into the Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) treatment of small and medium-sized enterprise customers transferred to its Global Restructuring Group is a matter for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which is operationally independent of Government.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate for the Government to comment further while the FCA’s investigation is ongoing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 01/03/2018 17:22:22 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

850005

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parents have opened and then closed a tax-free childcare account since that policy was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	129573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>7,656 Tax-Free Childcare accounts have been closed since the scheme launched in April 2017.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 01/03/2018 14:09:40 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

850020

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Dudley
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 Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the transfer of staff employed by HMRC at its Waterfront offices in Dudley to the Department for Work and Pensions.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	129588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of ministerial discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p>HMRC intends to retain the skills, knowledge and experience of everyone who wishes to continue their career with HMRC and if necessary re-skill to take on a new role, new work and/or move to a new office.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 129591 129594 question first answered 01/03/2018 16:59:39 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

850023

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Dudley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what alternatives to redundancy his Department has considered for staff employed by HMRC at its Waterfront offices in Dudley.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	129591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of ministerial discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p>HMRC intends to retain the skills, knowledge and experience of everyone who wishes to continue their career with HMRC and if necessary re-skill to take on a new role, new work and/or move to a new office.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 129588 129594 question first answered 01/03/2018 16:59:39 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

850026

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Dudley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse will be of making staff employed by HMRC at its Waterfront offices in Dudley redundant.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	129594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of ministerial discussions are not normally disclosed.</p><p>HMRC intends to retain the skills, knowledge and experience of everyone who wishes to continue their career with HMRC and if necessary re-skill to take on a new role, new work and/or move to a new office.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 129588 129591 question first answered 01/03/2018 16:59:39 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

850067

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Childcare Vouchers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2018 to Question 126730 and the oral evidence of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to the Treasury Committee on Childcare on 31 January 2018, HC 757, if he will publish a breakdown of the (a) £220 million per year administration costs and (b) any other operating costs associated with the childcare voucher scheme.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	129635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>£220 million is the estimated cost to government of the employer National Insurance relief on Employer Supported Childcare. That relief does not go directly to parents to help with the cost of childcare, but to employers, and the voucher providers they use, to administer the schemes. Government does not hold details about the administration costs incurred by employers for childcare voucher schemes.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 01/03/2018 14:10:47 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

850098

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Burial and Cremation: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received an exemption from VAT on burial and cremation in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	129666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The details that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) collects from taxpayers on their VAT returns are not specific enough to provide the number of people benefiting from this relief. HMRC does not require this level of detail because it would place a considerable administrative burden on businesses.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 129673 129674 question first answered 01/03/2018 14:44:05 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

850102

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Listed Buildings: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a VAT exception for goods and services required for the (a) repair, (b) maintenance and (c) renovations of Grade II listed buildings used for (i) community and (ii) religious events.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	129670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>EU VAT rules do not allow the introduction of a reduced rate or exemption for goods and services supplied exclusively for the repair, maintenance and renovations of Grade II listed buildings used for community and religious events. While the UK remains a member of the EU, we will continue to abide by our rights and obligations.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/03/2018 15:03:29 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley