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47496

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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 funds were provided in Barnett consequentials to the Northern Ireland Executive as a result of the flood relief funds granted in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	195791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p><strong>The table below sets out the extra funding allocated to the Northern Ireland Executive through the Barnett formula to reflect new funding provided to UK government departments for flood defence measures at Budget 2014.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flood Maintenance (Resource)</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flood Maintenance (Capital)</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </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	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

47498

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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, whether he has agreed to the Top Level Budget holder in the Ministry of Defence making ex-gratia payments to members of the armed forces wrongly disciplined under AGAI 67 following receipt of a police caution; what estimate he has made of the level of such payments; when such payments are to start; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	195769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p><strong>The Treasury delegates ex-gratia payments that are not novel or contentious to the Ministry of Defence, below an agreed threshold. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) may then delegate further to Top Level Budget holders with the agreement with Treasury.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>The MOD has not made any ex-gratia payments in response to claims from Armed Forces personnel that they had been wrongly disciplined under AGAI 67 on receipt of a police caution. </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

47499

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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 number of unresolved cases of mis-selling of mortgage endowment policies.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
uin	195851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not made an estimate of the number of unresolved cases of mis-selling of mortgage endowment policies.</p><p> </p><p>If a borrower feels the risks were not explained properly to them when they took out an endowment mortgage, in the first instance they should complain to the company through which they bought the product. Customers who then feel that their complaint has not been dealt with satisfactorily are able to refer the matter to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) - an independent body set up to provide arbitration in such cases, which is free for consumers to use.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 195852 question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

47500

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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 steps he plans to take to resolve unresolved cases of the mis-selling of mortgage endowment policies.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
uin	195852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not made an estimate of the number of unresolved cases of mis-selling of mortgage endowment policies.</p><p> </p><p>If a borrower feels the risks were not explained properly to them when they took out an endowment mortgage, in the first instance they should complain to the company through which they bought the product. Customers who then feel that their complaint has not been dealt with satisfactorily are able to refer the matter to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) - an independent body set up to provide arbitration in such cases, which is free for consumers to use.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 195851 question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

47501

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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 ensure that discussions are held with any relevant third parties regarding the boundaries of the proposed enterprise zone near Coleraine in relation to proposed private sector developments on adjacent land.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	195865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>Designating the boundaries of the pilot Enterprise Zone in Northern Ireland is a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive</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	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

47502

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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 property purchase transactions were made in each UK nation and region by non-UK residents in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	195714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>Stamp duty land tax (SDLT) is payable by purchasers of UK land or property, whether or not the purchaser is resident in the UK. The rates apply equally to UK and foreign nationals or companies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested is not held in the format required and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

47503

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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 reasons were for the fall in capital gains tax revenue in 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	195715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>The details of the forecasts are set out in the Office for Budget Responsibility's Economic and Fiscal Outlook publications. The Office for Budget Responsibility was created in 2010 and provides the authoritative and independent forecasts for the UK's economy and public finances.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/category/publications/" target="_blank">http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/category/publications/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 195688 195716 question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

47504

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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 reasons are for forecast capital gains tax revenue in 2013-14 being below that of 2011-12.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	195716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>The details of the forecasts are set out in the Office for Budget Responsibility's Economic and Fiscal Outlook publications. The Office for Budget Responsibility was created in 2010 and provides the authoritative and independent forecasts for the UK's economy and public finances.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/category/publications/" target="_blank">http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/category/publications/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 195688 195715 question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

47505

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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 effect was on revenue from top rate income tax of the reduction of the top rate from 60 per cent to 40 per cent in 1988 in the (a) first year and (b) second year following that reduction.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	195687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>Observed changes in tax receipts following rate changes will reflect a combination of effects of the rate changes and underlying economic and distributional changes.</p><p> </p><p>One study that analyses these effects is set out in the Institute Fiscal Studies (IFS) Mirrlees Review, <em>Dimensions of Tax Design</em>. This studied the revenue impacts of tax changes during the 1970s and 1980s, including the rate changes in 1988. It is available at: <a href="http://www.ifs.org.uk/mirrleesreview/dimensions/ch2.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ifs.org.uk/mirrleesreview/dimensions/ch2.pdf</a> (see Chapter 2).</p><p> </p><p>This study was part of the evidence considered by HMRC in the report “The Exchequer effect of the 50 percent additional rate of income tax” published at Budget 2012. The behavioural response estimated in the HMRC report is consistent with a range of academic studies including the results from the IFS.</p><p> </p><p>The HMRC report is available at; <a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2012/excheq-income-tax-2042.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2012/excheq-income-tax-2042.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

47506

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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 reasons are for the difference in the most recent forecast capital gains tax revenue for 2013-14 and the forecast made in Budget 2013.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	195688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>The details of the forecasts are set out in the Office for Budget Responsibility's Economic and Fiscal Outlook publications. The Office for Budget Responsibility was created in 2010 and provides the authoritative and independent forecasts for the UK's economy and public finances.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/category/publications/" target="_blank">http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/category/publications/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 195715 195716 question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood