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100015

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of the risk of the Eurozone returning to recession and the statement by the Chancellor of Exchequer that Britain could not be immune from any such event, they plan to encourage industry and commerce to diversify their markets and reduce their reliance on the European Union market.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	uin	HL2230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>We have to recognise that the UK is not immune to problems elsewhere in the world. The UK has one of the most open economies in the world through trade and financial channels. In particular, growth in the euro area – our largest trading partner – is weak and we have to expect that to dampen our own recovery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since entering office, this Government has worked consistently towards a rebalancing of the UK economy and growing our trade with all parts of the world, including key emerging markets. Since 2010, for example, UKTI has increased the number of its overseas-based staff working outside the EU from 875 to 1060, reflecting the growing priority being given to non-EU markets; and, excluding aircraft, nearly all of the exports supported by UK Export Finance in recent years have been to markets outside the EU. Ministers continue to take an active role, including through the Chancellor-led annual Economic and Financial Dialogues with India and China, the most recent of which secured £2.4 billion in bilateral investment deals.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton question first answered 03/11/2014 17:17:00 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

100291

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2014 to Question 209683 to the hon. Member for Stourbridge, what assessment he has made of the factors that resulted in there being no prosecutions for not paying the national minimum wage in each of the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	211604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government takes the enforcement of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) very seriously. HMRC review every complaint that is referred to them by the Pay and Work Rights Helpline. In addition, HMRC undertake targeted enforcement on employers across the United Kingdom who are more likely to be not paying NMW.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has increased the financial penalty percentage from 50% to 100% of the unpaid wages owed to workers, and the maximum penalty from £5,000 to £20,000. These new limits are now in force where arrears are identified in pay reference periods on or after 7 March 2014. The Government will also bring in primary legislation as soon as possible so that the maximum £20,000 penalty can apply to each underpaid worker.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The majority of employers identified as paying below the NMW pay arrears on receipt of a formal Notice of Underpayment. Where they do not do so, HMRC pursues recovery through the civil courts. HMRC‘s approach to tackling underpayment of NMW through the civil courts is the best way to ensure that money is paid back to the person underpaid and provides the most effective resolution for tax-payers. Criminal investigations may not result in arrears being paid to workers and are therefore reserved for the most serious cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/11/2014 15:32:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

100523

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Telephone Services
	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 waiting times experienced by (a) people on a low income and (b) other people using the HM Revenue and Customs tax credits helpline.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	211582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>HMRC is responsible for handling calls to the Tax Credits helpline but is unable to distinguish, at the point of contact with its telephone system, if a caller is on a low income or otherwise.</p><p> </p><p>To keep the cost of dealing with HMRC as low as possible, the department has made it cheaper to call in most cases by rolling out 03 telephone numbers and by introducing voice recognition technology to its telephone systems, this allows some customers to get the answer they need without waiting to speak to adviser.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC recognises that wait times across all lines of business are not where it, or its customers, would like them to be. Over the next few months HMRC will be migrating its existing telephone services to a new telephony platform. This will improve the way that the queuing systems work and over time, will lead to reduced wait times.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is also looking at a number of initiatives to improve customer service and wait times. These include: greater flexible working across HMRC to improve its response to particular peaks in demand and is investing in online and digital services for the future, opening up a wider variety of channels.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 03/11/2014 14:50:04 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

100857

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Taxation: Overseas Residence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to announce his response to the consultation on removing the personal allowance for people living abroad.
	tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
	tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
	uin	211841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The consultation closed on 9th October. I expect the Government to set out the conclusions of the consultation and any next steps at the Autumn Statement on 3rd December.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/11/2014 16:04:32 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

101045

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bitcoin
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance he has issued to vendors accepting digital currencies as payment for goods and services.
	tabling member constituency	Fareham
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hoban
	uin	212138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer has not issued guidance to vendors accepting digital currencies as payment for goods and services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In August 2014 the Chancellor announced the Government would undertake a major programme of work looking at the benefits and risks of digital currencies, and look into whether they could or should be regulated.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/11/2014 14:06:13 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1414 label Biography information for Mr Mark Hoban

101050

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	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 employment and support allowance recipients received a payment for income tax for 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	212040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Reliable estimates of the number of recipients of employment and support allowance also paying income tax in 2012-13 are not available due to the small sample size in this subset of the Family Resources Survey.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/11/2014 15:46:19 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

101317

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of households claiming (a) tax credits and (b) child benefit are (i) in work and (ii) have dependent children.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	212371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>For Tax Credits, details of proportions of families in receipt by in work recipients, and recipients with dependent children can be calculated using HMRC’s national statistics publication found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/305886/cwtc-apr14.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/305886/cwtc-apr14.xls</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Out-of-work families should be included when considering the proportion of families with dependent children as all families in this category have dependent children.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs does not hold information for Child Benefit on the work status of a recipient family and so an answer cannot be provided. All recipients of Child Benefit have dependent children.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 03/11/2014 15:00:21 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

101318

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	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, by what date (a) new and (b) existing claims to tax credits will end.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	212374
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Such plans were set out previously in the Written Ministerial Statement by my Rt. Hon Friend, The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on Monday 13 October 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-vote-office/2014-October/13th%20October/17.DWP-welfare-reform.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-vote-office/2014-October/13th%20October/17.DWP-welfare-reform.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 03/11/2014 14:55:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

101322

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pool Reinsurance Company
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the current size is of the Pool Re reserves.
	tabling member constituency	Ashford
	tabling member printed	Damian Green
	uin	212169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Pool Re’s reserves stood at approximately £5.26 billion as at 31 December 2013, according to Pool RE’s annual report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/11/2014 15:12:28 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

101323

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	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 make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the research conducted by the Nevin Economic Research Institute in Ireland on the rate of VAT on tourism-related goods and services.
	tabling member constituency	South Down
	tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
	uin	212224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Hon lady to my comments during the Westminster Hall debate on 11<sup>th</sup> February 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/11/2014 15:50:48 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick