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46725

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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, which social care providers have been identified by HM Revenue and Customs as non-compliant with national minimum wage legislation; how much is owed in arrears by each such provider and to how many workers; and what value of fines have been levied on such providers to date.
tabling member constituency	Leicester West
tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
uin	195074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government takes the enforcement of National Minimum Wage (NMW) very seriously and HMRC enforce the national minimum wage legislation on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and has done so since the introduction of NMW in April 1999. It does that by investigating all complaints made about employers suspected of not paying the minimum wage, in addition carrying out targeted enforcement where it identifies a high risk of non-payment of NMW across the whole of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have a legal duty of confidentiality towards their customers. For NMW, this includes employers and their workers. This means that HMRC cannot supply all the information requested as this would breach HMRC's statutory duty of confidentiality under s18(1) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005.</p><p> </p><p>Fines are associated with criminal offences. Where minimum wage arrears are identified for any pay reference periods starting on or after 6 April 2009, the employer will be charged an automatic penalty. The rate of the penalty charge was 50% of the arrears falling in pay periods after 6 April 2009 (minimum penalty charge was £100 and the maximum was £5,000).</p><p> </p><p>The Government has increased the financial penalty percentage from 50 per cent to 100 per cent 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>To ensure that underpaid workers receive the arrears of national minimum wage due to them, HMRC contacts every employer for confirmation that they have paid the arrears to workers. In cases where 5 or fewer workers are owed arrears HMRC also contacts all those workers for confirmation of payment. In cases where more than 5 workers are identified as being owed arrears HMRC contacts an additional sample of workers for confirmation of payment.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC records information by Standard Industry Codes. The table below shows the number of employers in the Social Care sector found to be non-compliant with NMW legislation in the last year. Also shown are the value of arrears, the number of underpaid workers identified and the value of penalties issued to employers as a result of those investigations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Number of employers recorded as Social Care Sector and found to be non-compliant</p></td><td><p>Arrears identified during those investigations</p></td><td><p>Underpaid workers identified during those investigations</p></td><td><p>Penalties issued during those investigations</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>£800,883</p></td><td><p>3,620</p></td><td><p>£46,020</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke previous answer version 5518 answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

46853

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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 publish estimates produced by the Government Actuary's Department for his Department of any additional monies received from extra contributions to the Teachers' Pension Scheme before 19 March 2014.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
tabling member printed	Mr Pat McFadden
uin	195215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p><strong>The Government Actuary's Department did not produce estimates for HM Treasury of additional monies received from extra contributions to the Teachers' Pension scheme before 19 March 2014. </strong></p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

46470

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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 appeals have been made to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme on the level of compensation offered since the scheme began making payments.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Brady
uin	194827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>Of the 495 cases submitted to the Independent Review Panel to date, 145 were classified as being about the level of payment received.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

44970

registered interest
date	25/03/2014
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 people who have utilised their full tax-free ISA allowance in each of the last three years in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) each parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	193677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>Until 1 July 2014 there are two allowances for ISAs: a cash and an overall allowance. This answer assumes you are asking about the overall allowance.</p><p> </p><p>The following table contains the number of individuals who made full use of their (£10,680) ISA allowance in 2011-12 in the UK and in Scotland.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country</p></td><td><p>Number of individuals (thousands)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>1,005</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A breakdown for 2012-13 and 2013-14 is not yet available. Constituency-level statistics are not available.</p><p> </p><p>As announced at Budget 2014, from 1 July 2014 the overall annual New ISA subscription limit will be increased to £15,000 and can be used for either cash or stocks and shares investments, or any combination of the two, up to this limit.</p><p> </p><p>This measure will reduce income tax on savings for people constrained by the current limits, improving incentives to save and increasing real household disposable incomes. Over 6 million people are expected to benefit from these increases, including over 5 million adults expected to be constrained by the cash ISA limit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

44654

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
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 account his Department has taken of mortgage liability in its assessment of liability for levy on higher value homes as part of its work preparatory to the possible introduction of such a tax.
tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
tabling member printed	Mr James Clappison
uin	193510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not intend to introduce a new levy on higher value homes.</p><p> </p><p>The number of residential properties in the UK valued at more than £2 million was estimated before Budget 2012 to be around 55,000. The Treasury does not have a precise regional breakdown of properties worth over £2 million.</p><p> </p><p>Budget 2012 introduced a number of changes to high value property tax, including the introduction of the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED), a tax on residential properties valued at more than £2 million owned through certain corporate ‘envelopes'.</p><p> </p><p>Self-assessment was chosen for ATED. The cost of implementing ATED was set out in the Tax Information and Impact Note published alongside Budget 2013. <a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2013/tiin-1182.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2013/tiin-1182.pdf</a></p><p>The cost of implementation of a new levy would be dependent on the nature of the tax.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the introduction of ATED, a public consultation document was published and a variety of organisations responded. The response to the consultation can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ensuring-the-fair-taxation-of-residential-property-transactions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ensuring-the-fair-taxation-of-residential-property-transactions</a></p><p> </p><p>When developing ATED, no account was taken of mortgage liability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 193358 193359 193360 193361 193362 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	67 label Biography information for Mr James Clappison

44657

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
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 has been made of the number of properties in each region liable for a possible levy on higher value homes.
tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
tabling member printed	Mr James Clappison
uin	193359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not intend to introduce a new levy on higher value homes.</p><p> </p><p>The number of residential properties in the UK valued at more than £2 million was estimated before Budget 2012 to be around 55,000. The Treasury does not have a precise regional breakdown of properties worth over £2 million.</p><p> </p><p>Budget 2012 introduced a number of changes to high value property tax, including the introduction of the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED), a tax on residential properties valued at more than £2 million owned through certain corporate ‘envelopes'.</p><p> </p><p>Self-assessment was chosen for ATED. The cost of implementing ATED was set out in the Tax Information and Impact Note published alongside Budget 2013. <a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2013/tiin-1182.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2013/tiin-1182.pdf</a></p><p>The cost of implementation of a new levy would be dependent on the nature of the tax.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the introduction of ATED, a public consultation document was published and a variety of organisations responded. The response to the consultation can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ensuring-the-fair-taxation-of-residential-property-transactions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ensuring-the-fair-taxation-of-residential-property-transactions</a></p><p> </p><p>When developing ATED, no account was taken of mortgage liability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 193358 193360 193361 193362 193510 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	67 label Biography information for Mr James Clappison

44658

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
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 work has been carried out by his Department's officials on the possible introduction of a levy on higher value homes; what starting points for liability in the value of properties have been considered in the course of any such work; and if he will publish that work.
tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
tabling member printed	Mr James Clappison
uin	193360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not intend to introduce a new levy on higher value homes.</p><p> </p><p>The number of residential properties in the UK valued at more than £2 million was estimated before Budget 2012 to be around 55,000. The Treasury does not have a precise regional breakdown of properties worth over £2 million.</p><p> </p><p>Budget 2012 introduced a number of changes to high value property tax, including the introduction of the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED), a tax on residential properties valued at more than £2 million owned through certain corporate ‘envelopes'.</p><p> </p><p>Self-assessment was chosen for ATED. The cost of implementing ATED was set out in the Tax Information and Impact Note published alongside Budget 2013. <a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2013/tiin-1182.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2013/tiin-1182.pdf</a></p><p>The cost of implementation of a new levy would be dependent on the nature of the tax.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the introduction of ATED, a public consultation document was published and a variety of organisations responded. The response to the consultation can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ensuring-the-fair-taxation-of-residential-property-transactions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ensuring-the-fair-taxation-of-residential-property-transactions</a></p><p> </p><p>When developing ATED, no account was taken of mortgage liability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 193358 193359 193361 193362 193510 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	67 label Biography information for Mr James Clappison

44659

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
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 methods of assessing liability for a levy on higher value homes have been considered by his Department in the course of preparatory work on the introduction of such a tax; whether individual valuation of properties has been considered in such work; and what estimate has been made of the cost of implementation of such a tax.
tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
tabling member printed	Mr James Clappison
uin	193361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not intend to introduce a new levy on higher value homes.</p><p> </p><p>The number of residential properties in the UK valued at more than £2 million was estimated before Budget 2012 to be around 55,000. The Treasury does not have a precise regional breakdown of properties worth over £2 million.</p><p> </p><p>Budget 2012 introduced a number of changes to high value property tax, including the introduction of the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED), a tax on residential properties valued at more than £2 million owned through certain corporate ‘envelopes'.</p><p> </p><p>Self-assessment was chosen for ATED. The cost of implementing ATED was set out in the Tax Information and Impact Note published alongside Budget 2013. <a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2013/tiin-1182.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2013/tiin-1182.pdf</a></p><p>The cost of implementation of a new levy would be dependent on the nature of the tax.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the introduction of ATED, a public consultation document was published and a variety of organisations responded. The response to the consultation can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ensuring-the-fair-taxation-of-residential-property-transactions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ensuring-the-fair-taxation-of-residential-property-transactions</a></p><p> </p><p>When developing ATED, no account was taken of mortgage liability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 193358 193359 193360 193362 193510 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	67 label Biography information for Mr James Clappison

44660

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
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 consultations have been carried out with (a) valuers and (b) other organisations on the possible introduction of a levy on higher value homes.
tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
tabling member printed	Mr James Clappison
uin	193362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not intend to introduce a new levy on higher value homes.</p><p> </p><p>The number of residential properties in the UK valued at more than £2 million was estimated before Budget 2012 to be around 55,000. The Treasury does not have a precise regional breakdown of properties worth over £2 million.</p><p> </p><p>Budget 2012 introduced a number of changes to high value property tax, including the introduction of the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED), a tax on residential properties valued at more than £2 million owned through certain corporate ‘envelopes'.</p><p> </p><p>Self-assessment was chosen for ATED. The cost of implementing ATED was set out in the Tax Information and Impact Note published alongside Budget 2013. <a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2013/tiin-1182.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2013/tiin-1182.pdf</a></p><p>The cost of implementation of a new levy would be dependent on the nature of the tax.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the introduction of ATED, a public consultation document was published and a variety of organisations responded. The response to the consultation can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ensuring-the-fair-taxation-of-residential-property-transactions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ensuring-the-fair-taxation-of-residential-property-transactions</a></p><p> </p><p>When developing ATED, no account was taken of mortgage liability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 193358 193359 193360 193361 193510 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	67 label Biography information for Mr James Clappison

44661

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
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 has been made of the yield of a levy on higher value homes during the preparatory work carried out by his Department into the possible introduction of such a tax.
tabling member constituency	Hertsmere
tabling member printed	Mr James Clappison
uin	193358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not intend to introduce a new levy on higher value homes.</p><p> </p><p>The number of residential properties in the UK valued at more than £2 million was estimated before Budget 2012 to be around 55,000. The Treasury does not have a precise regional breakdown of properties worth over £2 million.</p><p> </p><p>Budget 2012 introduced a number of changes to high value property tax, including the introduction of the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED), a tax on residential properties valued at more than £2 million owned through certain corporate ‘envelopes'.</p><p> </p><p>Self-assessment was chosen for ATED. The cost of implementing ATED was set out in the Tax Information and Impact Note published alongside Budget 2013. <a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2013/tiin-1182.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2013/tiin-1182.pdf</a></p><p>The cost of implementation of a new levy would be dependent on the nature of the tax.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the introduction of ATED, a public consultation document was published and a variety of organisations responded. The response to the consultation can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ensuring-the-fair-taxation-of-residential-property-transactions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ensuring-the-fair-taxation-of-residential-property-transactions</a></p><p> </p><p>When developing ATED, no account was taken of mortgage liability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 193359 193360 193361 193362 193510 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	67 label Biography information for Mr James Clappison