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77523

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Remittances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many UK non-domiciles were paying the remittance charge in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	205569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The number of non-domiciles that paid the remittance basis charge in each of the last five tax years is as follows (rounded to the nearest 100):</p><p> </p><p>2009/10: 5,200</p><p>2010/11: 5,500</p><p>2011/12: 5,500</p><p>2012/13: 5,100</p><p> </p><p>The figure for the tax year 2013 to 2014 is not available as the filing deadline has not yet passed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/07/2014 16:28:26 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

77532

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Mapeley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HM Revenue and Customs last issued revised non-binding estates strategies to Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited under 10.14 of the private finance initiative contract between HM Revenue and Customs and Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	205617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department last advised Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited of its non binding estate strategy at the STEPS management meeting on 22 May 2014.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/07/2014 16:36:02 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

77533

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Mapeley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HM Revenue and Customs will next carry out period monitoring and spot checks of Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited in respect of Mapeley STEPS Contractors Limited's compliance with its other obligations under 17.2 (c) of the private finance initiative contract between HM Revenue and Customs and Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	205618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Periodic monitoring and spot checks of Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited are ongoing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/07/2014 16:37:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

77536

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tourism: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the effects of VAT at 20 per cent on visitor accommodation and attractions on the cost of an average family holiday in the UK; what assessment he has made of the contribution of tourism in coastal towns to the UK economy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	205606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>No estimate has been made of the effects of VAT.</p><p>The Government recognises that tourism is vital for many coastal towns and an important part of the UK visitor economy. The 2013 Great Britain Tourism Survey estimated that day and overnight visits by British residents to the seaside brought £9.5bn of spending to coastal areas in 2013. Coastal towns also benefit from inbound visits. 2013 was a record year with 33m visits, resulting in £21bn of spend in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/07/2014 16:26:06 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

77538

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Organised Crime: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what change there has been in the level of fuel laundering and organised crime in border areas of Northern Ireland over the last five years..
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	205622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>HMRC does not measure the different forms of fuel fraud such as fuel laundering. HMRC does measure the tax gap for fuel, published in the document at the link below. In Northern Ireland (NI) this has in the past included cross border shopping but in October 2013 HMRC for the first time published an estimate of the illicit market share for fuel in Northern Ireland for the period 2011-12, at 12-13% for diesel and negligible for petrol.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measuring-tax-gaps-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/measuring-tax-gaps-tables</a></p><p> </p><p>HMRC contribute and support the multi-agency approach to organised crime in NI as detailed in the Organised Crime Strategy 2014 published by the Department of Justice NI and reproduced in the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.dojni.gov.uk/index/publications/publication-categories/pubs-policing-community-safety/community-safety/organised-crime/organised-crime-strategy-2014.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dojni.gov.uk/index/publications/publication-categories/pubs-policing-community-safety/community-safety/organised-crime/organised-crime-strategy-2014.htm</a></p><p> </p><p>HMRC fights fraud on a wide range of fronts, from special units performing thousands of roadside checks to raiding laundering plants. The UK has recently announced, jointly with Ireland, an improved new marker for rebated fuel, which will make it much harder to launder marked fuel and sell it at a profit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 17/07/2014 14:27:40 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

77342

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what land HM Revenue and Customs owns; and what land HM Revenue and Customs plans to sell in the next year.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	205403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>As in my answer given on 28 April 2014, Column Reference 548W, HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) does not own any land, and does not have any un-encumbered freehold buildings within its estate. The only exceptions to this are freehold interests in five Grade 1 Listed buildings that are owned by HMRC. However, each of these is subject to encumbrances impacting value and market demand. These five are compromised of the following:</p><p> </p><p>· Three historic Custom Houses (London, Greenock &amp; Belfast) each of which is subject to a 175 lease from 2001with nil rent receivable. HMRC sold the virtual freehold interest in these properties in 2001.</p><p>· Darwin House in Shrewsbury is subject to a 175 year lease from 2001 with nil rent receivable. HMRC also sold the virtual freehold interest in these properties in 2001.</p><p>· 100 Parliament Street/ 1Horse Guards Road in London is subject to occupational rights to 2037 for the PFI provider, with nil rent receivable.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not plan to sell land or buildings in 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This position was previously stated and accepted in response to an enquiry made by the Homes and Community Agency in November 2013 on behalf of Cabinet Office (Government Property Unit) in relation to the Strategic Land and Property Review.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 15/07/2014 14:20:08 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

77345

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Mapeley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited notified HM Revenue and Customs of the opportunity to generate income by the use of the Priority Court (Dover) Site for purposes other than the provision of facilities at the same time as the site remains subject to a STEPS lease under paragraph 19.2 of the Private Finance Initiative contract between HM Revenue and Customs and Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	205416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>Mapeley STEPS Contractor Ltd has not notified HM Revenue and Customs of any opportunity to generate additional income at the Priory Court site under the clause 19.2 provisions of the STEPS Contract.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 16/07/2014 15:54:47 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

77027

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Westmorland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency have paid less in income tax since the changes to the income tax threshold since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	205050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 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. 343,000 of these individuals live in the North West and Merseyside region, which includes the Parliamentary Constituency of Westmorland and Lonsdale.</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 17/07/2014 16:32:48 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

77032

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Bank Services
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 number of people without a bank account in (a) Hounslow, (b) London and (c) the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	205275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government has made no such estimate.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to improving access to financial services. To this end the major UK banks voluntarily offer basic bank accounts alongside their other retail current accounts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As recommended by the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, the Government is currently taking forward discussions with the banking sector to seek a voluntary agreement on renewed minimum standards for basic bank accounts.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 17/07/2014 16:40:51 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

77033

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Standard of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent fiscal steps he has taken to encourage an improvement in living standards; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	205098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The IFS state that “there have been very significant falls in real earnings as a direct but delayed result of the 2008 recession, essentially”.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government has taken continued action to help hardworking families, including raising the personal allowance, which will take over 3.2m individuals out of income tax altogether by 2015/16, as well as freezing fuel duty, council tax and reducing household energy bills. The best way to improve people's living standards is to boost productivity and jobs, and the labour market has continued to strengthen with record numbers of people in work.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 15/07/2014 14:57:14 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby